Stg Krishna v. The State Of Andhra Pradesh Rep. By Its Principal Secretary,

HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE P.NAVEEN RAO WRIT PETITION No.537 of 2016 DATED : 06.01.2016 Between:

STG Krishna S/o.Late Sri Chakravarthy, Aged about 64 yrs, Occu : Retired Extension Officer, R/o.Gas Company Road, Bank Colony, Tuni, East Godavari District, A.P.

.. Petitioner AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep., by its Principal Secretary, Panchayat Raj Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad & 4 others.

.. Respondents

The Court made the following:

HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE P.NAVEEN RAO WRIT PETITION No.537 of 2016 ORDER:

The petitioner was the Panchayat Secretary and a Government employee. The grievance of the petitioner is with reference to payment of retirement benefits. It being a service matter the jurisdiction is vested in the Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal (APAT) constituted under Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985. The petitioner has to avail the remedy as available under the Administrative Tribunals Act, and cannot directly invoke the jurisdiction of this Court as held by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in L. Chandra Kumar Vs Union of India[1]. The Tribunal being the Court of first instance, an aggrieved employee cannot directly invoke the jurisdiction of this Court.

2. Having regard to the above, the Writ Petition is dismissed granting liberty to the petitioner to avail the remedies as available under the Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985. There shall be no order as to costs.

Miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending in this writ petition shall stand dismissed.

___________________ P.NAVEEN RAO, J Date: 06th January, 2016 Rds

[1] AIR 1997 SC 1125