IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE TWENTY THIRD DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 12931 of 2008 Between: Embati Dayanandam S/o. Veeraswamy R/o. H.No. 27-3-705, Sriram Nagar, Near Moddern School, Saraswathi nagar, Nellore City, Nellore District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Commissioner, Nellore Municipal Corporation, Nellore. 2 Director, Municipal Adminstration, Hyderabad 3 District Collector/ Incharge Municipal Commissioner, Nellore District. .....RESPONDENT(S) 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 to issue a writ or order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandmaus declaring teh action of the 1st respondent in not setting the petitioner retirement benefits as illegal, arbitrary and violative of article 14, 19 of the Constitution of India and direct the respondents 1 to 3 to settle the petitioner's retirement benefits with interest at 12% p.a. and to pass Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.K.GURIVI REDDY Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR MUNCIPAL ADMN. & URBAN DEV. The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 12931 of 2008 ORDER: The petitioner retired from the service of the Municipal Corporation of Nellore on 31.05.2005. His grievance is that his retirement benefits have not been released so far. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned counsel for the respondents. Admittedly, the 1st respondent is a local body and all matters in relation to the service conditions of its employees are to be filed before the Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal. Therefore, the writ petition is dismissed, leaving it open to the petitioner to pursue his remedies before the Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal. There shall be no order as to costs. __________ 23.06.2008 JSU ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1.2CCs to 2.2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{KSRANI} THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 12931 of 2008 Date: 23.06.2008 JSU