In Brief
Mahesh Singh, a coal company employee, challenged the High Court's order directing him to exhaust administrative remedies instead of allowing judicial review. The Supreme Court held that such a direction does not prevent the administrative authority from considering a pending representation on its merits. Since the appellant's co-accused had been reinstated while his own relief was rejected, the Court directed the administrative head to decide his pending representation fairly within two months, clarifying that the High Court judgment shall not obstruct this administrative consideration.
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