IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN AT JAIPUR BENCH, JAIPUR ORDER D.B. Civil Writ Petition No.3930/2001 Gopal Ram, aged about 41 years, son of Shri Bhura Ram, resident of 246, Jaganpathpura, Sirsi Road, Khatipura, Jaipur .....Petitioner Versus 1. Union of India through its Chairman, Railway Board, Rail Bhawan, New Delhi. 2. General Manager, Western Railway, Church Gate, Bombay. 3. The Central Administrative Tribunal Bench at Jaipur through its Registrar, New Diggi House, Jaipur. .....Respondents Date of Order :: 5th November, 2007 HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE R.M. LODHA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MOHAMMAD RAFIQ Mr. Virendra Lodha for the petitioner Mr. S.S. Hasan for the respondents No. 1 and 2 ORAL ORDER (PER R.M. LODHA,J.) Mr. S.S. Hasan, counsel for the respondents no. 1 and 2 raised a preliminary objection that the petitioner ought to have agitate his grievance by filing Original Application before the Central Administrative Tribunal. He invited our attention to Section 14 of the Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985. -2- 2. Confronted with the objection of Mr. S.S. Hasan, Mr. Virendra Lodha, the counsel for the petitioner submitted that the record of D.B. Civil Writ Petition be transmitted to the Central Administrative Tribunal, Jaipur Bench, Jaipur. 3. This course is not opposed by Mr. S.S. Hasan, counsel for the respondents no. 1 and 2, particularly in view of the fact that instead of writ petition filed before this Court on 2nd August, 2001 had he filed Original Application before the Tribunal, the same would have been within time. 4. In the light of the submission made by the counsel for the petitioner and the counsel for respondents no. 1 and 2, we pass the following order: (i) The Registrar (Administration) shall transmit the record and proceedings of this writ petition to the Central Administrative Tribunal, Jaipur Bench, Jaipur forthwith. (ii)The advocates for the petitioner and respondents no. 1 and 2 shall appear before the Central Administrative Tribunal on 17th December, 2007. (iii)The Central Administrative Tribunal shall proceed with the -3- matter accordingly. 5. Writ petition stands disposed of with no order as to costs.