HON’BLE SHRI JUSTICE NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO W.P. No.6035 of 1998 21.6.2007 Between R.Balakrishna and others ..Petitioners AND Government of Andhra Pradesh represented by Secretary, Panchayat Raj Department and others ..Respondents :: JUDGMENT :: HON’BLE SHRI JUSTICE NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO W.P. No.6035 of 1998 The writ petitioners in this case have solicited directions for appointing them as Teachers in various educational institutions run and managed by the local bodies such as Zilla Parishads, Mandal Parishads etc., Therefore, they are ventilating a grievance about their recruitment to public employment. In view of the judgment rendered by the Supreme Court in L.Chandra Kumar vs. Union of India[1], this writ petition cannot be entertained, for, the writ petitioners have not approached the Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal at the first instance and instead, they have straight away approached this Court by instituting the above writ petition. Therefore, granting liberty to the petitioners to avail the remedy open to them by approaching the Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal, this writ petition is dismissed as not maintainable. _________________________________ NOOTY RAMA MOHANA RAO.J. 21.6.2007 psr [1] AIR 1997 SC 1125