JUDGMENT

(Prayer: Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying for issuance of a Writ of Certiorari calling for records in respect of the impugned order dated 31.10.2019 in O.A.No.606 of 2014 passed by the first respondent and quash the same.)

V. Lakshminarayanan, J.

1. This Writ Petition has been filed challenging the order of the Central Administrative Tribunal, Chennai, passed in O.A.No.606 of 2014 dated 31.10.2019.

2. The facts leading to the present proceedings are the second respondent before this Court filed original application in O.A.No.606 of 2014, to set aside the Memo No.F1/09/08-09 dated 11.12.2012 and Memo No.VIG/15-17/13-14 dated 31.12.2013 passed by writ petitioners herein and for the consequential orders. The Tribunal allowed the application and set aside the proceedings on 31.10.2019. Challenging the same, this Writ Petition has been filed on 05.09.2022.

3. There is no explanation in the affidavit as to why the order has been challenged after nearly three years. In the mean while, the second respondent has retired from service in the year 2022. However, we are not inclined to dismiss the Writ Petition only on the ground of delay and la