THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN W.P.No. 14996 of 1997 DATE: 29-1-2007 Between: M.Gurappa and another …. Petitioners And The Commissioner, Dharamavaram Municipality, Anantapur District …. Respondents THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN W.P.No. 14996 of 1997 O R D E R: The relief sought for in this writ petition is for a direction to declare the action of the respondent – Municipal Corporation in not allowing the minimum pay scale to the petitioners from the date on which they completed ﬁve years of service as daily wage N.M.R. employees, as arbitrary and illegal. In view of the judgment of the Supreme Court in L. Chandra Kumar Vs. Union of India[1], the petitioners herein ought to have invoked the jurisdiction of the A.P. Administrative Tribunal in the ﬁrst instance before approaching this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. Leaving it open to the petitioners, if they are so aggrieved, to approach the Tribunal, the writ petition is dismissed. No costs. __________ 29-1- 2007 asp [1] (1997)3 SCC 261