RAJENDRA PRASAD YADAV vs UNION OF INDIA & ANR.

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$~98 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 01.05.2025 + W.P.(C) 5726/2025 RAJENDRA PRASAD YADAV .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Pawan Kumar Yadav, Adv. versus UNION OF INDIA & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Kavindra Kr. Gill, Senior Panel Counsel for UOI. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAVIN CHAWLA HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MINI PUSHKARNA NAVIN CHAWLA, J. (ORAL) CM APPL. 26066/2025 (Exemption) 1. Allowed, subject to all just exceptions. W.P.(C) 5726/2025 2. This petition has been filed by the petitioner, praying for the following relief: “a) Issue a writ of Mandamus or direction, directing the Central Administrative Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi to expeditiously hear and dispose of OA No. 4674/2024 titled as “Rajendra Prasad Yadav vs Union of India & Ors. preferably within a fixed time-frame considering the Petitioner’s impending retirement in July 2025;” 3. From the above prayer, it appears that the petitioner wishes for this Court, in exercise of its power under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, to govern the calendar of the learned Central Administrative Tribunal (hereinafter referred to as ‘learned Tribunal’). Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed W.P.(C) 5726/2025 Page 1 of 2 By:RENUKA NEGI Signing Date:07.05.2025 19:06:57 4. The Supreme Court in Allahabad High Court Bar Assn. v. State of U.P. & Ors., (2024) 6 SCC 267, has held that in the ordinary course, the Constitutional Courts should refrain from fixing a time- bound schedule for the disposal of cases pending before any other Courts. We may quote from the said Judgment as under: “47.3. Constitutional courts, in the ordinary course, should refrain from fixing a time- bound schedule for the disposal of cases pending before any other courts. Constitutional courts may issue directions