:1: IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE WRIT PETITION NO.8862 OF 2004 V.K.Vishwanathan, Divisional Signal & Telecommunication Engineer, S & T Workshop, Central Railway, Byculla, Mumbai .. Petitioner v/s. The Union of India & anr. .. Respondents Mr.G.J.Mohan Rao for the petitioner. CORAM : R.M. LODHA AND R.S. MOHITE, JJ. DATED : 28th April, 2005 P.C. Heard Mr.G.J.Mohan Rao, the learned counsel for the petitioner and perused the order of the Central Administrative Tribunal. 2. The Central Administrative Tribunal cannot be said to have erred in holding that there is no sufficient cause for condoning the delay. The cause of action arose in the year 1972 and as a matter of law, the petitioner ought to have moved the Central Administrative Tribunal within three years of the establishment of the Central Administrative Tribunal. :2: 3. The claim of the petitioner suffered from gross laches and inordinate delay and rightly not entertained by the Central Administrative Tribunal. Dismissed in limine. (R.M. LODHA, J.) (R.S. MOHITE, J.)