Dr Sunil Kumar Singh and Anr. v. Union of India through Secretary Department of Personnel and Training and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
W.P. (S) No. 3107 of 2013, High Court of Jharkhand at Ranchi, decided 14.10.2024 by Deepak Roshan, J. Petitioners Dr. Sunil Kumar Singh (Deputy Commissioner, Pakur) and Ratan Kumar (Secretary, JPSC) sought and obtained permission to withdraw the writ application to assail unspecified impugned orders before the Central Administrative Tribunal, Circuit Bench, Ranchi. Directions: file original application within three months; Tribunal to consider limitation keeping in mind pendency of the writ petition. Disposition: dismissed as withdrawn with liberty. No merits adjudicated; no statute or precedent cited. Useful only as a withdrawal-with-liberty precedent regarding forum election between High Court and CAT, Ranchi Circuit Bench.
What did the court decide?
Writ application dismissed as withdrawn with liberty to the petitioners to assail the impugned orders before the Central Administrative Tribunal, Circuit Bench, Ranchi; original application to be filed within three months, with the issue of limitation to be considered by the Tribunal keeping in mind the pendency of the writ application before this Court.