IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD THURSDAY, THE 2nd DAY OF DECEMBER, TWO THOUSAND AND TEN PRESENT HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE A.GOPAL REDDY WRIT PETITION No.6851 OF 2000 Between: P.Nagabhushan Reddy … Petitioner And The Government of A.P. and others … Respondents This Court made the following: HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE A. GOPAL REDDY WRIT PETITION No.6851 OF 2000 ORDER: - The petitioner filed this writ petition seeking issuance of a writ of Mandamus to absorb him in the post of Assistant Engineer or any other equivalent post in the existing vacancies in the Irrigation and Command Area Development Department, Erramanzil, Hyerabad. The relief claimed by the petitioner cannot be granted by this Court, unless he approaches the A.P.Administrative Tribunal at the first instance, as held by this Court in L.Chandra Kumar v. Union of India {1997(3) SCC 1125}. When the matter is posted under the caption ‘for dismissal’, there is no representation for the petitioner. The Writ Petition is dismissed, granting liberty to the petitioner to approach the A.P.Administrative Tribunal. There shall be no order as to costs. __________________ A.GOPAL REDDY, J December 2, 2010 lmv