THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION No.6683 of 1997 Dated 31-01-2007 Between: S.V.Srinivasa Rao & others. ..... PETITIONERS AND The Commissioner, Gajuwaka Municipality, Gajuwaka, Visakhapatnam. .....RESPONDENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION No.6683 of 1997 O R D E R: The petitioners, employees of Gajuwaka Municipality, seek a Mandamus to the respondents to continue them in service by paying wages and allowances. In view of the judgment of the Supreme Court in L.Chandra Kumar v. Union of India[1], the petitioners ought to have approached the Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal in the ﬁrst instance before the jurisdiction of this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India could have been invoked. The Writ Petition is accordingly dismissed. No order as to costs. ______________ 31-01-2007 usd [1] AIR 1997 SC 1125