THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION No. 36234 OF 1998 Date: 14.02.2008 Between: M. Rama Murthy. … Petitioner and Govt. of A.P. rep., by its Secretary to Government, Panchayat Raj & Rural Development Dept., Secretariat, Hyderabad and two others. … Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION No. 36234 OF 1998 ORDER: The relief sought for in this writ petition is to direct the respondents to consider the case for the post of Tank Watchman- cum-Gardner. The petitioner seeks employment in the Panchyat Raj department of Government of Andhra Pradesh. In view of the law laid down by the Supreme Court in L. Chandrakumar Vs. Union of India[1] the petitioner ought to have invoked the jurisdiction of the A.P. Administrative Tribunal, which is a Court of first instance, before approaching this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. Leaving it open to the petitioner, if he is so aggrieved, to approach the A.P. Administrative Tribunal for the relief sought for, the writ petition fails and is, accordingly, dismissed. No costs. _______________________________ Date: 14.02.2008 RAMESH RANGANATHAN, J MRKR [1] AIR 1997 Supreme Court 1125