JUDGEMENT

SANDEEP V. MARNE, J.

1. It has been 37 long years since enactment of the Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985 and establishment of Administrative Tribunals under Article 323A and 323B of the Constitution of India for adjudication of disputes in respect of recruitment and conditions of service of persons appointed to public services and posts in connection with the affairs of the Union or of the State. However, despite availability of remedy of seeking adjudication in respect of service matters before the Administrative Tribunals, several writ petitions still continue to be directly filed before this Court under specious plea that mere existence of alternate remedy is not a bar for exercise of writ jurisdiction by us under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. We have before us two such petitions filed by the candidates/petitioners, who are seeking recruitment to the post of Talathi in the Revenue and Forest Department of the Government of Maharashtra.

2. The petitioners in both the petitions have participated in the selection process initiated by the District Collector, Ahmednagar and Dhule for recruitment on the post of Talathi. The petitioners are essentially aggrieved b