IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE SECOND DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO WRIT PETITION No : 13080 of 2009 Between: Smt. Ch. Madhavi Devi W/o. Late Sri Alur Nagendera Prasad R/o. H.No 5-12-182/4/3, Plot No. 203/A Mangapuram H.B.Colony, Meerpet Village Uppal Mandal, Ranga Reddy District. ..... PETITIONER AND The State of Andhra Pradesh TR & B Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad, Rep. by the Principal Secretary .....RESPONDENT Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to issue a writ in the nature of writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ or order or direction declaring the inaction on the part of the respondent in the settlement and payment of pension and other monetary benefits of petitioner deceased husband as quite unjust, illegal and arbitrary and consequently direct the respondent to release the pension and other monetary benefits of her deceased husband to her forthwith and pass such other orders Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.KAKARAVENKATA RAO Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR TRANSPORT The Court at the stage of admission made the following O R D E R: In view of the judgment rendered by the Supreme Court in L. Chandrakumar v. Union of India[1], the cause in this Writ Petition which concerns the rights of a family pensioner has to be agitated at the first instance before the Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal constituted under the Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985. As at present, this Court does not have the jurisdiction to entertain this Writ Petition. Only on that ground, the Writ Petition is dismissed, granting liberty to the writ petitioner to approach the Administrative Tribunal. No costs. Registry is directed to return the original papers filed by the writ petitioner, so as to enable herd-* to present the same before the Tribunal. ---------------------------------- (NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO, J) 2nd July 2009 ksld ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1) 2 CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{VSMI} [1] AIR 1997 SC 1125