MRIDUL KUMAR Vs. STATE

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THIS letter/petition addressed to a Hon'ble Judge of this Court was received on 21.12.2004, with a prayer to pass necessary orders for his compassionate appointment. The Hon'ble Judge to whom it is addressed passed the following order on the back of the first page of the letter. 'Registrar General Register the letter as a writ petition (Group 'A') (Single Judge) and place it before appropriate Court as a fresh case for appropriate orders.

(2.) IN compliance of the order, the matter was submitted before the Stamp Reporter, who has reported a deficiency of Rs. 100/ - and that has further made a note that the writ petition is not in proper form and is not supported by an affidavit, and that is how the Registrar General of the Court has placed the matter before me, as the appropriate Court.

(3.) IN order to provide an appropriate procedure for entertaining letters/petitions addressed to the High Court, Chief Justice or individual Judge, the matter was placed in the Conference of Hon'ble the Chief Justices held on August 30, 31 and September 1, 1991. It was resolved in the conference at item No. 6 Streamlining Public Interest Litigation as follows :