IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) SATURDAY, THE FIFTH DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION No. 26602 OF 2009 Between: Smt. Mula Lakshmi ..... PETITIONER AND The Government of Andhra Pradesh, Rep.by its Secretary, Women Development Child Welfare Development, Secretariat buildings, Hyderabad and others .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner: Counsel for the Respondents: The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION No. 26602 OF 2009 ORDER : This writ petition is filed seeking a declaration that the order passed by the 3rd respondent dated 21.11.2009, wherein the services of the petitioner as Angana Wadi Worker have been terminated, as arbitrary and illegal. The learned Government Pleader at the outset submitted that as per the guidelines dated 21.11.2009 an appeal lies to the District Collector against the impugned order. Therefore, it is not open to the petitioner to invoke the extraordinary jurisdiction of this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, without exhausting the remedy of appeal. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is disposed of granting leave and liberty to the petitioner to avail the remedy of appeal. There shall also be a direction to the respondents not to fill up the post of the Angana Wadi Worker of Mulapeta village till such appeal is decided by the District Collector following due process of law. No costs. _____________ G. ROHINI, J. Date: 05.12.2009 Ivd