Keshav Ram v. Central Administrative Tribunal Lucknow Bench,Lko. and 9 Others

Court No. - 18 Case :- MATTERS UNDER ARTICLE 227 No. - 5743 of 2023 Petitioner :- Keshav Ram Respondent :- Central Administrative Tribunal Lucknow Bench,Lko. And 9 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- M.P. Raju Counsel for Respondent :- A.S.G.I. Hon'ble Saurabh Lavania,J. Heard. In view of order proposed to be passed, issuance of notice to the private-respondents is hereby dispensed with. By means of this petition, the petitioner has sought the following main relief:- "Issue a order or direction in the nature of Mandamus commanding the opposite party No. 1 to decide the O.A. No. 584/2022 "Keshav Ram Versus Union of India and others", pending before learned Central Administrative Tribunal, Lucknow Bench, Lucknow, within a stipulated time framed by this Hon'ble Court." The present petition has been filed for expeditious disposal of O.A. No. 584/2022 (Keshav Ram Versus Union of India and others), which is pending since 2022, as such, the petitioner has approached this Court seeking a direction to decide the suit, in issue, at an early stage of proceedings. As such, the present petition for the main relief sought, at this stage, is not maintainable. In this regard, reference can be made to the judgments passed by the Division Bench of this Court in the cases of Km. Shobha Bose v. Judge Small Causes & Ors., 2011 (88) ALR 850 and Ali Shad Usmani & Ors. v. Ali Isteba & Ors. 2015 (109) ALR 513. After considering the case of the petitioner in the light of the parameters laid down by this Court in the cases of Km. Shobha Bose (Supra) and Ali Shad Usmani (supra), this Court is of the view that no direction, at this stage, can be issued to the Authority concerned to decide the above mentioned suit within the certain time frame. In view of above, the main relief, as prayed for in this petition, cannot be granted at this stage. As such, the present petition is disposed of with liberty to the petitioner to move an appropriate application for expediting the proceedings of the pending case before the Tribunal and in case, such an application is moved, the same shall be disposed of within reasonable time in accordance with law. With the aforesaid, the petition is disposed of. Order Date :- 7.11.2023 Vinay/- High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench