THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE GHULAM MOHAMMED AND THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO.2034 OF 2010 DATED 18TH FEBRUARY, 2010 BETWEEN N.Supriya And Others. … Petitioners And The Commissioner of Endowments, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Dharmika Bhavan, Tilak Road, Boggulakunta, Hyderabad-500 001. And Others. … Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE GHULAM MOHAMMED AND THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO.2034 OF 2010 ORDER: (GM,J) This writ petition is filed assailing the order dated 21.01.2010 passed by the A.P. Administrative Tribunal, Hyderabad (for short, ‘the Tribunal’) in O.A.No.181 of 2010 whereby the Tribunal, while ordering notice before admission, declined to pass an interim order as prayed for by the petitioner/applicant. This writ petition is misconceived. The Tribunal thought it proper to order notice before admission while refusing to grant interim order after considering the case record. Denial of an interim order at the threshold will not entitle the petitioner, as a matter of right, to invoke the jurisdiction of this Court. The Tribunal deemed it appropriate that notice be given to the opposite side so as to invite a counter for adjudication of the matter on merits. The Supreme Court in L.CHANDRA KUMAR v. UNION OF INDIA[1], inter alia, held that in the first instance the Tribunal shall adjudicate the matter and decide the rights of the parties on merits. Mere ordering of notice in an interlocutory petition does not amount to rendering of a decision on merits. In the present case, the Tribunal has neither committed a jurisdictional error nor exceeded its limits. The Tribunal, considering the facts and circumstances of the case, merely declined to exercise its jurisdiction in granting an interim order while ordering notice before admission to the opposite party. The Tribunal, in our opinion, did rightly so. In that view of the matter, we are not inclined to exercise our certiorari jurisdiction in the instant case. If such writ petitions are entertained, a chaotic situation would arise. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed at the stage of admission. No costs. __________________________ GHULAM MOHAMMED, J. ____________________ SANJAY KUMAR, J. 18TH FEBRUARY, 2010. VGSR/PGS [1] AIR 1997 SC 1125