IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE S.ANANDA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 12607 of 2005 Between: Varala Mohan S/o Venkatswamy, R/o 8-4-100, Gandhinagar Sircilla, Karimnagar District ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Commissioner, Sircilla Municipality, Karimnagar District 2 The Regional Director-cum-Appellate Commissioner of Municipal Administration Warangal 3 The Revenue Divisional Officer & Special Officer, Sircilla Municipality Karimnagar District .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed herein the High Court may be pleased to issue a Writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of a Writ of Mandmaus declaring the action of the respondents in high handedly withholding the salary of the petitioner and not releasing the same to him on 01-06-2005 as highly illegal, arbitrary and with a consequential direction to forthwith release the same to the petitioner and to further continue to pay petitioner's salary regularly to the petitioner every month as entitled to the petitioner under the rules. Counsel for the Petitioner : MRS.S.NANDA Counsel for the Respondents :MR.POLISETTI RADHAKRISHNA (SC FOR MPL) The Court made the following : O R D E R The petitioner is an employee of the local body at Municipal Council, Siricilla, and is aggrieved against the action of the employer. Since the petitioner is an employee of the local body covered under the A.P. Administrative Tribunals Act, the petitioner has to approach the A.P. Administrative Tribunal. Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed for want of jurisdiction. No order as to costs. ----------------------------------- JUSTICE S.ANANDA REDDY 15TH JUNE, 2005. PGS To 1 The Commissioner, Sircilla Municipality, Karimnagar District 2 The Regional Director-cum-Appellate Commissioner of Municipal Administration Warangal 3 The Revenue Divisional Officer & Special Officer, Sircilla Municipality Karimnagar District 4 2 CD copies 5 1 CC to MR.POLISETTI RADHAKRISHNA (SC FOR MPL)