N.Somasundaram, S/O. N.Sreenivasulu v. The State Of Andhra Pradesh

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, AT HYDERABAD

FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA & THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH **** HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE P. NAVEEN RAO WRIT PETITION NOS. 2732, 2735, 2737,2752,2771,2773,2775, 2788 & 2792 OF 2016 W.P.No. 2732 of 2016 T. Chenchu Rathnam W.P.No. 2735 of 2016 M.Penchalaiah W.P.No. 2737 of 2016 P. Madhavi

W.P.No. 2752 of 2016 P. Indira W.P.No. 2771 of 2016 N. Somasundaram W.P.No. 2773 of 2016 Muni Krishna Reddy

W.P.No. 2775 of 2016 P. Narayan Babu W.P.No. 2788 of 2016 P. Sai Ram W.P.No. 2792 of 2016 P. Lokanadam

DATE OF COMMON ORDER: 01.02.2016 HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE P. NAVEEN RAO WRIT PETITION NOS. 2732, 2735, 2737, 2752, 2771, 2773, 2775, 2788 & 2792 OF 2016 COMMON ORDER:

Petitioners in all these Writ Petitions claim to be working as Workmen in Srikalahasti Municipality for more than 10 years. Petitioners seek a direction for disposal of of their representation dated 15.4.2015.

15.4.2015 representation is submitted by the workers Union seeking for grant of regularization of their services without any risk of retrenchment and to fix time scale to the workmen whose names are furnished along with the representation. Thus the grievance of the petitioners is relating to their employment in Srikalahasti Municipality.

The adjudication of service grievance of the employees or persons working in the Municipality is vested with the Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal constituted under the A.P. Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985. Thus, petitioners have effective remedy under the A.P. Administrative Tribunals Act and they cannot directly invoke the jurisdiction of this Court. The Supreme Court in L. Chandra Kumar Vs. Union of India[1] held that the Administrative Tribunal is a Court of first instance and the aggrieved persons have to invoke

jurisdiction of the Administrative Tribunal first before invoking the jurisdiction of this Court.

Having regard to the same, these Writ Petitions are dismissed leaving it open to the petitioners to work out their remedies available under the A.P. Administrative Tribunals Act. There shall be no order as to costs. As a sequel thereto, miscellaneous petitions, pending if any, shall stand closed.

______________________ P. NAVEEN RAO, J Date: 01.2.2016 KA [1] AIR 1997 SC 1125