K.Dhanalakshmi D/O Lingaiah, v. The State Of Telangana, Rep. By Its Principal

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT HYDERABAD

FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AND THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH MONDAY, THE FOURTH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND SIXTEEN

Present

Between:

K. Dhanalakshmi, D/o. Lingaiah, Age 43 years, Occ: Anganwadi Worker, R/o. Velpucharla Village, Jajireddigudem Mandal, ICDS Thungathurthy, Nalgonda District, Hall Ticket No.653640 & 6 others .. Petitioners AND The State of Telangana, Rep. by its Principal Secretary, Women & Child & Welfare Department, Secretariat Building, Hyderabad & 3 others .. Respondents The Court made the following:

ORDER:

The petitioners are Anganwadi Workers. They now seek for consideration for appointment as Grade-II Supervisors in Child Welfare Department.

The grievance of the petitioners necessitating institution of this writ petition is that even though a notification was issued on 02.07.2013, granting eligibility to the Anganwadi Workers by giving weightage and conducting written test, their claims are not considered.

Aggrieved by long inordinate delay in considering their claims, the petitioners submitted representation on 18.12.2014 for consideration of their claims for appointment to Grade-II Supervisors in the Child Welfare Department. Alleging that the said request of the petitioners is not acceded to, this writ petition is filed.

2. The relief sought in the writ petition is for consideration for appointment as Grade-II Supervisors in the Child Welfare Department, which is a post born on the State Service of the Telangana State Government.

The adjudication of the grievances relating to the service matters of State Government vests in the Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal constituted under the Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985. Thus, the aggrieved person has to invoke the jurisdiction of the Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal.

As held by the Hon'ble

Supreme Court in the case of L. CHANDRA KUMAR Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[1], the Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal is the Court of first instance and, therefore, the person aggrieved has to invoke the jurisdiction of the Tribunal.

3. Having regard to the same, the Writ Petition is dismissed, by granting liberty to the petitioners to avail the remedy as available under the Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985, to ventilate their grievance. There shall be no order as to costs. Miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending in this writ petition shall stand closed.

_____________________ P.NAVEEN RAO, J Date: 4th January, 2016 Note: Issue C.C. in three (3) days.

(B/o.) KL

Date: 4th January, 2016 KL [1] AIR 1997 Supreme Court 1125