Allahabad High Court

SHRI NAVIN SINGHversusREGISTRAR GENERAL OF CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL ALLAHABAD

Decided: 6 May 2026
Bench: ARUN BHANSALI KSHITIJ SHAILENDRA

Holding

A writ petition seeking a direction to a tribunal to hear a matter out of turn is not maintainable; such urgency must be raised before the tribunal itself.

Summary

The petitioner, Shri Navin Singh, filed a writ petition before the Allahabad High Court seeking a direction to the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) to complete pleadings and hear the matter. The record showed that the pleadings for the 2023 matter were completed on 14 October 2024 and the case was being regularly listed before the Tribunal. The Court noted that a petition to the High Court for the Tribunal to take up a matter out of turn is not permissible, and any urgency must be raised before the Tribunal itself. No substantive grievance or urgent circumstance was demonstrated that warranted the Court's intervention. Consequently, the Court found no basis to entertain the petition and dismissed it.

Issues considered

The Court's jurisdiction to entertain a writ petition directing a tribunal to take up a matter out of turn

Subjects

writ petition
tribunal jurisdiction
procedure
urgency
intervention of court

Judgment

                                                  HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
                                                            WRIT - A No. - 6403 of 2026

                                    Shri Navin Singh
                                                                                                .....Petitioner(s)
                                                                       Versus

                                    Registrar General of Central Administrative
                                    Tribunal Allahabad                                        .....Respondent(s)

                                    Counsel for Petitioner(s)             :     Jagadeesh Narayan Dwivedi
                                    Counsel for Respondent(s)             :

                                    Chief Justice's Court
                                                   HON'BLE ARUN BHANSALI, CHIEF JUSTICE
                                                   HON'BLE KSHITIJ SHAILENDRA, J.

                                    1. This petition has been filed by the petitioner seeking direction to the
                                    Tribunal to get the pleadings completed and finally hear the matter.

                                    2. A perusal of the record indicates that the petition pertains to the year
                                    2023 and the pleadings apparently have been completed on 14.10.2024
                                    and the matter is regularly getting listed before the Tribunal.

                                    3. Filing of petitions before this Court seeking direction to the Tribunal to
                                    take up the matter out of turn, cannot be countenanced. If the petitioner
                                    has any issue requiring urgent attention of the Tribunal, he has to make
                                    application before the Tribunal itself.

                                    4. We do not find any reason to entertain the present petition. The same
                                    is, therefore, dismissed.



                                                                 (Kshitij Shailendra,J.) (Arun Bhansali,CJ.)
                                    May 7, 2026
                                    RK/AKShukla




Digitally signed by :-
ANIL KUMAR SHUKLA
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad

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