Dr. Raja Ram vs Union Of India (Uoi) And Ors. on 26 February, 1998
In the case of Sheikh Mustaque Ahmad v. Union of India and Ors. (reported in (1997) 36 A.T.C. page 148), in which the matter related to dismissal from service of a rail way employee and an order of suspension treating the applicant retrospectively under suspension, the Tribunal held that the use of the word 'ordinarily' has granted discretion to the Tribunal in proper cases to waive the condition of exhausting the departmental remedies. In our view the present case is not pari materia and what we are discussing here is not a case of dismissal but a case of suspension under All India Service Rules and the O.A. has been heard at the admission stage itself in view of preliminary objections. This decision, therefore, is of no avail to the cause of the applicant.