HC says can’t entertain petition raising service dispute

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Sept 3: High Court has said that it cannot entertain a petition raising service dispute of the employees.
This was held by Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey while disposing of a petition filed by Imtiyaz Ahmad Bhat and others challenging the validity of Advertisement Notice bearing No.02 of 2020 dated 6th of July, 2020 issued by the Service Selection Board whereby online applications have been called from the eligible candidates for participating in the selection against posts of Accounts Assistant (District Cadre) in the Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Department.
After hearing both the sides, Justice Magrey disposed of the petition with the observations, “the Administrative Tribunals Act makes it clear that it is the Tribunal, the forum of first instance to consider and decide the services matters of employees of Central Government and the Union Territories”, adding “the Act also provides for exemption of few where the Act will not apply”.
“This court cannot entertain a petition raising a service dispute of the employee in the service of the Government of India or the Governments of Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh”, Justice Magrey said, adding “the petition may be presented before the CAT Bench, Jammu that has the jurisdiction”.

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