THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION NO. 13837 OF 1997 Date: 05.02.2008 Between: M. Venugopal. … Petitioner. And Chief Engineer, Panchayat Raj Division, Hyderabad and three others. … Respondents. THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION NO. 13837 OF 1997 ORDER: The relief sought for in this writ petition is for regularization of services of the petitioner in Panchayat Raj Department of Government of Andhra Pradesh. As has been held by the Supreme Court in L. Chandra Kumar Vs. Union of India[1], the petitioner has to approach the A.P. Administrative Tribunal which is the Court of first instance before invoking the jurisdiction of this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. Leaving it open if he so chooses to approach the A.P. Administrative Tribunal in this regard, the writ petition fails and is, accordingly, dismissed. ____________________________ Date: 05.02.2008 RAMESH RANGANATHAN, J MRKR [1] AIR 1997 SC 1125