Munesh Kumar Sharma S/O Shri Raghuvar Dayal Sharma v. the State of Rajasthan
Alternate remedy – Service matters
Case brief
What is this about?
S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 19700/2025, High Court of Judicature for Rajasthan, Jaipur Bench, decided 16/01/2026 by Sameer Jain, J. Petitioner Munesh Kumar Sharma v. State of Rajasthan (Principal Secretary, Mines & Geology Department) and others including Director, Mines & Geology Department, Udaipur; Mines Engineer, Bharatpur; Additional Director Pension, Bharatpur; Treasurer Officer, Kaman. Alternate remedy doctrine: petitioner directed to RCSAT; government servant retains right to invoke RCSAT jurisdiction even after retirement per Sections 2(c) and 2(f), Rajasthan Civil Services (Service Matters Appellate Tribunals) Act, 1976; RCSAT directed to adjudicate within 90 days; Article 226 writ disposed of.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of with a direction to the petitioner to invoke the jurisdiction of the learned RCSAT, and a direction to the learned RCSAT to adjudicate the matter within 90 days upon filing of such appeal; pending applications, if any, stand disposed.