L.Ch.Indumathi, v. The State Of Andhra Pradesh

THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE P. NAVEEN RAO WRIT PETITION No.35867 OF 2018 Dated:08.10.2018 Between:

L. CH. Indumathi, W/o. P. Krishna Mohan, aged about 63 years, Occ: Retd.

Teacher, R/o.D.No.1-140, Kothapeta, Mangalgiri, Guntur District .. Petitioner And The State of Andhra Pradesh, rep., by its Principal Secretary, Department of Municipal Administration and Urban Development, A.P. Secretariat Office, Velagapudi, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh and another .. Respondents The Court made the following:

THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE P. NAVEEN RAO WRIT PETITION No.35867 OF 2018 ORDER:

Heard.

2.

Petitioner retired from service as Teacher in the service of Mangalagiri Municipality in Guntur District.

3.

Since the issue relates to the service dispute of employee working in the State of Andhra Pradesh, the employee has to avail the remedy before the Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal (APAT) constituted under the Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985 (for short, 'the Act'). APAT is also vested to adjudicate the grievances of the employees working or retired from the Municipality in the State of Andhra Pradesh. As held by the Supreme Court in L. Chandra Kumar v. Union of India1, the APAT is the Court of first instance to adjudicate service disputes and an aggrieved employee cannot directly invoke the jurisdiction of this Court.

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The Writ Petition is accordingly dismissed granting liberty to the petitioner to avail appropriate remedy available under the Act. Miscellaneous Petitions, if any, pending in this Writ Petition shall stand closed.

____________________ P. NAVEEN RAO, J Date:08.10.2018 KH 1 AIR 1997 SC 1125