V.K. Gupta, C.J.

1. In this Civil Miscellaneous Petition filed under Article 227 of the Constitution of India invoking the supervisory jurisdiction of this Court, the petitioner is not seeking to challenge any order passed by the learned H.P. Administrative Tribunal but is seeking directions qua the early disposal of the Original Application filed by him which, owing to the utter neglect on the part of the respondent is not making any headway despite its pendency for over two years. The petitioner's dismay is that despite its pendency for over two years, in the said Original Application the respondent has not been filing the reply even though opportunities have been given to it by the learned Tribunal on several occasions since April, 2004.

2. A perusal of the present Miscellaneous Petition and the Annexures filed therewith shows that the first order was passed in this Original Application on 28th April, 2004 by the Division Bench of the learned Tribunal directing the respondent-State to file reply to the Original Application within six weeks. Thereafter various orders were passed by the Tribunal from time to time extending time for filing the reply by the respondent-State. O