IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE A. GOPAL REDDY WRIT PETITION No.22818 of 1995 Date: 19.12.2006 Between: Gangavamsam Padmavathi ... PETITIONER AND Government of A.P. Represented by its Chief Secretary, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad and two others. .....RESPONDENTS THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE A. GOPAL REDDY WRIT PETITION No.22818 of 1995 ORDER: In this writ petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner seeks to appoint her as Librarian Grade III in reserved vacancy meant for Scheduled Tribe candidates in A.P. State Public Libraries and Zilla Grandhalaya Samstha owned by the State Government. The Director of Public Libraries filed a counter affidavit stating that Grade III Librarian posts are under the jurisdiction of Zilla Grandhalaya Samstha and the said posts should be filled up by calling the candidates from the concerned Employment Exchange. It is also stated that the Librarian Grade III posts can be filled up by promotion, or transfer or direct recruitment of the persons, who possess minimum general educational qualification prescribed in the General Rules for the State and Subordinate Service and a certificate in Library Science of a University in India established or incorporated by or under the Central Act, Provincial Act or a State Act or of an Institution recognized by the University Grants Commission or the State Government. It is further stated that since the petitioner did not possess the requisite qualification, her application has been rejected. In view of the law declared by the Apex Court in L.CHANDRAKUMAR V/s UNION OF INDIA[1] any person who seeks employment in Government Organization has to first approach the Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal for redressal of his/her grievance and cannot directly approach this Court by way of a writ petition. Having regard to the fact that the representation of the petitioner for appointment of Grade III Librarian has already been rejected, no relief can be granted to the petitioner in this present writ petition. However, if the petitioner is aggrieved by the said rejection, she can avail the remedies before appropriate forum. The Writ Petition is accordingly dismissed. There shall be no order as to costs. ___________________ A. Gopal Reddy, J Date 19.12.2006 va [1] AIR 1997 SC 1125