Pidathala Kondaiah, v. State Of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. By Its Principal Secretary

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT HYDERABAD

FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AND THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH THURSDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND SIXTEEN

Present

Between:

Pidathala Kondaiah, S/o. Nagaiah, Aged about 45 years, Occ: Contract Labour, R/o. Vital Nagar, Chirala Town and Mandal, Prakasam District & 3 others .. Petitioners AND State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Principal Secretary to Government, Municipal Administration & Urban Development Department, Andhra Pradesh Secretariat, SAifabad, Hyderabad & another .. Respondents The Court made the following:

ORDER:

The petitioners were working as Sanitary Workers in the respondent Municipality. The grievance of the petitioners in this writ petition is that the respondent Municipality is not allowing the petitioners to perform the sanitation duties. The grievance of the petitioners is service grievance as against the respondent Municipality as employer.

2. For the service grievances relating to the Municipalities, the jurisdiction is now vested in the Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal constituted under the Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985. The petitioners have to avail the remedies under the Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985. The remedy under the Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985, is an effective and efficacious remedy and, therefore, the writ petition is not maintainable.

3. The Writ Petition is, accordingly, dismissed, leaving it open to the petitioners 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 closed.

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P.NAVEEN RAO, J Date: 7th January, 2016 KL Date: 7th January, 2016 KL