THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION No.32944 of 1998 Dated 15.02.2008 Between: D.Rajalingeshwara Rao. .. Petitioner. And The Government of A.P., rep. by its Secretary, Irrigation & CAD Dept. Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad, and others. .. Respondents. THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION No. 32944 of 1998 ORDER: The relief sought for in this writ petition is against the Government of Andhra Pradesh in the Irrigation & Command Area Development department. In view of the law laid down in L.Chandra Kumar v. Union of India and others[1], the petitioner ought to have invoked the jurisdiction of the A.P. Administrative Tribunal, which is the Court of the first instance, before approaching this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. Leaving it open to the petitioner, if he so chooses, to approach the A.P.Administrative Tribunal, the writ petition fails and is accordingly dismissed. No costs. _______________________ (RAMESH RANGANATHAN,J) 15th February, 2007 v v [1] AIR 1997 SC 1125