Union Of India & Anr vs M.M. Sarkar on 8 December, 2009
14. This is a typical case where an employee gives a
representation in a matter which is stale and old, after
two decades and gets a direction of the Tribunal to
consider and dispose of the same; and thereafter again
approaches the Tribunal alleging that there is delay in
disposal of the representation (or if there is an order
rejecting the representation, then file an application to
challenge the rejection, treating the date of rejection of
the representation as the date of cause of action). This
Court had occasion to examine such situations in Union of
India v. M.K. Sarkar [2010 (2) SCC 58] and held as follows: