IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION No. 28148 OF 2009 Between: Mr. Subhash Singh ..... PETITIONER AND The Managing Director, Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply & Sewerage Board, Khairtabad, Hyderabad and others .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner: Counsel for the Respondents: The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION No. 28148 OF 2009 ORDER : This writ petition is filed challenging the order dated 15.09.2009 passed by the 1st respondent-Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board, whereunder the petitioner’s request for absorption of the petitioner’s services was rejected. I have heard the learned counsel for the petitioner as well as Sri V.Sudhakar Reddy appearing for the 1st respondent. At the outset, it is to be noted that the Hyderabad Metro Water Supply is a local authority as held by this Court in M.Sridhar Reddy and others v. Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board, Hyderabad and others[1]. In the circumstances, the petitioner, if aggrieved, ought to have approached the Tribunal constituted under the Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985 at the first instance for redressal of his grievance and only thereafter the matter can be examined by this Court in exercise of power of judicial review under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. Accordingly, without going into the merits of the case, the Writ Petition is dismissed as not maintainable. The petitioner is at liberty to work out the appropriate remedy available under law before the proper forum. No costs. _____________ G. ROHINI, J. Date: 18.01.2010 Ivd [1] 2000 (4) ALD 481