IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 7730 of 2009 Between: Emandi Sridhar S/o. Raju R/o. 43-7-38/1, Railway New Colony, Visakhapatnam ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Union of India, Rep. by its Secretary Ministry of Finance, New Delhi. 2 The Staff Selection Commission, Rep. by its Regional Director (SR) E.V.K.Sampath Building, 2nd Floor, College Road Chennai. 3 Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Open University Rep. by its Registrar, Hyderabad. 4 Distance Education Council IGNOU, New Delhi. 5 Central Board of Excise & Customs, Rep. by its Chairman CBEC, Lodhi Road, New Delhi. .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.CHANDRA SEKHAR ILAPAKURTI Counsel for respondent Nos.1, 2 and 5: MR JAGADEESWARA REDDY FOR MR.A.RAJASHEKAR REDDY (ASST SOLICITOR GENERAL) Counsel for respondent No.3: MR S.MOHAN RAO Counsel for respondent No.4: None appeared. The Court made the following: O R D E R: This writ petition is filed questioning the action of respondent No.2 in not recognizing the degree conferred by respondent No.3- University in connection with the appointment of the petitioner to the post of Inspector of Central Excise in respondent No.5-department. It is not in dispute that the post, in respect of which the petitioner is making his claim, is a part of Central Government service, which falls within the jurisdiction of the Central Administrative Tribunal. Therefore, in view of the dicta laid down by the Supreme Court in L.Chandra Kumar v. Union of India[1], the petitioner has to first approach the Central Administrative Tribunal before seeking judicial review by this Court. The writ petition is, accordingly, dismissed with liberty to the petitioner to approach the Central Administrative Tribunal. As a sequel to dismissal of main petition, WPMP Nos.10141 and 10142 of 2009 are disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Dated 17th April, 2009 vrn [1] AIR 1997 SC 1125