Satyawati v. Union of India Thru. Its Secy. Deptt. of Posts, Civil Sectt. New Delhi and 2 Others

Court No. - 8 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 4836 of 2023 Petitioner :- Satyawati Respondent :- Union Of India Thru. Its Secy. Deptt. Of Posts, Civil Sectt. New Delhi And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Pradeep Kumar Tripathi,Ravindra Kumar Mishra Counsel for Respondent :- A.S.G.I. Hon'ble Dinesh Kumar Singh,J.

¶1Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and Shri Varun Pandey, learned Counsel appearing for the Union of India.

¶2The present petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India has been filed seeking following reliefs:- "(I) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of Certiorari quashing the impugned order/letter dated 20.06.2023 passed by the opposite party No.3 by which the candidature of the petitioner has been rejected illegally, arbitrary and without application of mind, which is annexed as Annexure No.1 to this petition.

(II) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of Mandamus commanding the respondent authorities to condone the mistake of the petitioner and further permit the petitioner to correct the such mistake.

(III) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of Mandamus commanding the respondent authorities to pass appropriate order for making appointment of the petitioer on the post of Gramin Dak Sevak/BPM and also provide all other consequential benefits as admissible under law in favour of the petitioner, in the interest of justice.

(IV)...

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¶3Admittedly, the petitioner is seeking appointment in the Postal Department, Government of India. There is equally efficacious statutory alternate remedy of filing an original application available to the petitioner before the Central Administrative Tribunal under Section 14 of the Central Administrative Tribunal Act, 1985.

¶4In view thereof, the present petition is hereby dismissed with liberty to the petitioner to approach the Central Administrative Tribunal with an original application for the reliefs sought in the present petition. (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J.) Order Date :- 10.7.2023 Piyush/- High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench