IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE TENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO WRIT PETITION NO : 35570 of 1998 Between: 1 M. Hariprasad S/o Venkateswarlu R/o Lingamguntla, Narasaraopet, Guntur Dist. 2 Shaik Jani Pasha S/o Khaja Mia R/o Lingamguntla, Narasaraopet, Guntur Dist. ..... PETITIONER(S) AND 1 Govt. of A.P. rep. by Prl. Secretary, I & CAD Dept., Secretariat, Hyderabad 2 The Superintending Engineer, N.S.R. Canals Mechanic Circle, Guntur-4 3 The Executive Engineer, Workshop & Machinery Division Lingamguntla, Narasaraopet, Guntur Dist. .....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 an appropriate Writ order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring that the petitioners are entitled to New Common Category scale w.e.f. 1986 Pay Scales besides directing to apply the New Common Category scales of pay to the petitioners w.e.f. 1986 Pay Scales declaring their inaction as illegal and ultravires to the provisions of Art.14 and 16 and Art.39 of the Constitution of India and pass. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.V.S.R.ANJANEYALU Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR IRRIGATION & COMM AREA DEV. The Court made the following : ORDER: The issue raised in the Writ Petition relates to the conditions of the service of public servants, which have got to be raised at the first instance only before the A.P. Administrative Tribunal and they cannot be adjudicated by this Court, in view of the constitution of the Tribunal for the said purpose. Hence, if the writ petitioners approach the A.P. Administrative Tribunal, as expeditiously as possible, at any rate within six weeks from today, the same may be entertained and decided on merits. With the above observation, the Writ Petition stands dismissed. No order as to costs. _________________________ NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO, J. 10th March, 2008. skmr