Abhilash Srivastava v. Union of India Thru. Secy. Ministry External Affairs New Delhi and Another
Case brief
What is this about?
Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench), Court No. 5; judge Abdul Moin; WRIT - A No. 2672 of 2025; neutral citation 2025:AHC-LKO:14115; order dated 7.3.2025. Petitioner Abhilash Srivastava (counsel Anju Singh); respondents Union of India thru. Secy. Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi and another (counsel A.S.G.I.; Sri Varun Pandey). Subject: post of Programme Officer under the Indian Council for Cultural Affairs, notified under the Central Administrative Tribunal. Constitution Bench precedent L. Chandra Kumar v. Union of India, 1997 (2) SCR 1186 relied upon: High Court not to entertain writ petitions at first instance for Central Government employees; writ petition disposed of with liberty to file claim petition before the Tribunal. Keywords: Central Administrative Tribunal jurisdiction, writ petition first instance, claim petition, ICCR Programme Officer.
What did the court decide?
Petitioner left free to raise his grievances by means of filing a claim petition before the Central Administrative Tribunal.