THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION No.7251 of 2010 Dated:31.03.2010 Between: Khaja Moinuddin, And another. …Petitioners and The Govt.of Andhra Pradesh, Rep.by its Principal Secretary, Revenue (Vig-II) Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad, And others. …Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION No.7251 of 2010 ORDER: The two petitioners were Mandal Revenue Officers (Tahsildars) in revenue service in Government of Andhra Pradesh. They retired. It appears, in connection with acquisition of land admeasuring Acs.17.25 cents in Survey Nos.423/1, 424, 883 and 884 of Gopalpet Village and Mandal in Mahabubnagar District, for providing house sites for Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes/Backward Classes, the petitioners did not allegedly exercise diligence in defending the cases filed by the landowners for enhancement. Initially disciplinary action was proposed by the District Collector, Mahabubnagar, against four Mandal Revenue Officers. The Government issued orders vide G.O.Rt.No.759, dated 13.04.2007, and directed to drop further action against three Officers. The petitioners also allege that their cases were also dropped. But this is not clear from G.O.Rt.No.759. Be that as it is, the Government again issued G.O.Rt.No.216, dated 16.02.2010, directing recovery of pecuniary loss caused to the Government equally from the petitioners herein. This Government Order is assailed in the writ petition. The proposal to initiate disciplinary action and the orders to recover the pecuniary loss are certainly conditions of service of the petitioners as members of Andhra Pradesh Revenue Service. That being the case, this Court has no initial jurisdiction though this Court in L.Chandra Kumar v Union of India[1] held that this Court can exercise power of judicial review against the orders passed by the Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal. Therefore, the petitioners’ remedy is to approach the Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal to impugn the G.O.Rt.No.216. The Writ Petition is, therefore, dismissed giving liberty to the petitioners to file appropriate Original Application before the Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal. There shall be no order as to costs. _____________ (V.V.S.RAO, J) 31.03.2010 vs [1] AIR 1997 SC 1125