IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE THIRTIETH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO WRIT PETITION NO: 6355 OF 2005 Between: B. Sunitha. - - - PETITIONER AND The Chairman and Managing Director, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, Statesman House, New Delhi – 110 001, and three others. - - - RESPONDENTS This Court made the following : HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO WRIT PETITION NO.6355 OF 2005 O R D E R: In view of the notification dated 31st October 2008, issued under sub-section (2) of Section 14 of the Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985, conferring jurisdiction for adjudicating the service disputes of the employees of the Bharath Sanchar Nigam Limited on the Central Administrative Tribunal, it is appropriate that this writ petition should be transmitted to the Central Administrative Tribunal, Additional Bench at Hyderabad, in view of the judgment rendered by the Supreme Court in B. Chandra Kumar Vs. Union of India[1], the employees, whose service disputes are liable to be adjudicated by the Tribunals constituted under the Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985, will have to approach such Tribunals at the first instance, and thereafter can only seek judicial review of the orders passed by such Tribunals. They cannot straight away approach this Court. In view of this principle and in view of the fact that the jurisdiction to adjudicate the service disputes of the employees of BSNL has been conferred on the Central Administrative Tribunal, I consider it appropriate to direct the Registry to transfer this case file for adjudication to the Central Administrative Tribunal, Additional Bench at Hyderabad, immediately. __________________________ NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO, J. September 30, 2010. Dsh. [1] AIR 1996 SC 1125