The petitioner seeking compassionate appointment approached the respondent department viz., the Directorate of Field Publicity, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India. The said request, having been considered, was turned down as not feasible by impugned order dated 27.02.2017. Challenging the said order, the petitioner filed this present writ petition in W.P.(MD) SR No.24235 of 2018.

2. While scrutinising the papers, the Registry has raised objection that since the order passed by the respondents are the department of the Central Government, therefore, in view of the functioning of the Central Administrative Tribunal and the CAT Rules of Practice 1993, the grievance of the petitioner can be agitated only before the Central Administrative Tribunal having jurisdiction and not before this Court. However, on behalf of the petitioner, the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner seems to have made an endorsement stating that, as per the judgment of the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India, reported in (2010) 14 SCC 553 – Union of India and others Vs. Mangal Textile Mills (I) (P) Ltd., the power of the High Court to issue prerogative writs under Article 226