JUDGMENT :

S. N. Prasad, J.

This writ petition is under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India wherein the order dtd.9th February, 2017 passed by the Central Administrative Tribunal, Cuttack Bench, Cuttack in O.A. No.835 of 2016 is under challenge whereby and where under the prayer of the petitioner to stay the disciplinary proceeding in course of pendency of criminal case before the CBI Court, has been refused to be granted.

2. The brief facts of the case in hand is that the father of the petitioner, namely, Bishnu Charan Das was an employee in the Railways and was serving as a Train Ticket Inspector, being posted at Khurda Road division of East Coast Railway, while in service he died on 19.5.2003 leaving behind him his widow Swarnalata and the present petitioner as his legal heirs.

The petitioner being the legal heir, has made application for appointment on compassionate ground and was appointed as Helper in East Coast Railways after following due procedure of selection vide order dtd.05.07.2005.

While the petitioner was working, an F.I.R. was instituted by the authorities of the East Coast Railways against the petitioner before the CBI, Bhubaneswar for getting the appointm