IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY NINETH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.13033 of 2008 Between: Ch. Rangasai Bhatt S/o. Late Ch. Venkatramaiah R/o. MIG-II, Block -22, Flat-3 Baghlingampally, Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Govt. of A.P., rep. by its Special Chief Secretary, G.A. (I&PR) Department, H-Block, Secretariat, Hyderabad 2 Special Commissioner, Information & Public Relations Department, Hyderabad 3 A.P. Public Service Commission, Rep. by its Secretary, Hyderabad. 4 A.Satya Rao S/o. Suryanarayana O/o. Special Commissioner of I & PR, Samachar Bhavan, A.C.Guards, Hyderabad. 5 M. Prabhakar Rao S/o. Late M.S.Prakash Rao O/o. Special Commissioner of I&PR, Samchar Bhavan, A.C.Guards, Hyderabad. ....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Aﬃdavit ﬁled herein the High Court will be pleased to issue appropriate writ or order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Quo Warranto declaring the appointment of respondents No.4 & 5 as Dsitrict Public Relation Oﬃcer and their further promotion up to the post of Joint Director as illegal, arbitrary and against principles of natural justice. Counsel for the Petitioner: Mr.P.GIRI KRISHNA Counsel for the Respondent No.: . The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.13033 of 2008 ORAL ORDER: This Writ Petition is ﬁled seeking a Quo Warranto declaring the appointment of respondents 4 and 5 as District Public Relation Oﬃcers and their further promotion upto the post of Joint Director as arbitrary, illegal and against the principles of natural justice. Petitioner is a regular employee in the Department of Information and Public Relations of Government of Andhra Pradesh. Admittedly, his service conditions as well as the service conditions of respondents 4 and 5 are governed by the Rules framed under Article 309 of the Constitution of India. Therefore, petitioner has to approach initially the Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal and workout his remedies. Instead of doing so, he has ﬁled, straightaway, this Writ Petition. As such, this Writ Petition is not maintainable and liable to be dismissed. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is dismissed leaving liberty to the petitioner to work his remedies as available under the law. No order as to costs. 29-10-2008 prk