IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE THIRTIETH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE SRI ANIL R. DAVE and HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION No.14725 of 2008 Between: 1. Principal Secretary to Government, Government of A.P., Education Department, Hyderabad. 2. Director of School Education, A.P., Hyderabad. ... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Institution of Andhra Pradesh Lokayuktha and Upa- Lokayuktha, Basheerbagh, Hyderabad, rep. by its Registrar. 2 K.V. Krishna Murthy, Retired Head Master, Municipal U.P. School, Old Town, Tanuku, West Godavari District. ...RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Aﬃdavit ﬁled herein the High Court may be pleased to issue a Writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ, order or direction declaring the action of the 1st respondent in entertaining the Complaint No.1023/2006/B1 made by the 2nd respondent as without jurisdiction, bad in law, illegal and unconstitutional and contrary to the provisions of Administrative Tribunal Act and consequently direct the 1st respondent not to entertain the complaints pertaining to service matters which are triable by the Hon'ble A.P. Administrative Tribunal. Counsel for the Petitioners: THE ADVOCATE GENERAL Counsel for the Respondents: MR.M.V.S.SURESH KUMAR The Court made the following: Order: (Per HC J) The petitioners are aggrieved because according to them Respondent No.1 has no jurisdiction to entertain the application ﬁled by Respondent No.2 to the Hon’ble A.P. Lokayukta. Upon hearing the learned Advocates, we have come to know that a preliminary objection with regard to jurisdiction has been raised before the Hon’ble A.P. Lokayukta. We are sure that the said objection shall be dealt with by the Hon’ble Lokayukta and therefore we see no reason to interfere at this stage. The petition is rejected. _________________ ANIL R. DAVE, CJ. _____________________ R. SUBHASH REDDY, J. October 30, 2008 MRR