IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.SIRI JAGAN MONDAY, THE 20TH JUNE 2011 / 30TH JYAISHTA 1933 WP(C).No. 16443 of 2011(E) -------------------------- WRIT PETITIONER : ------------------------------ M.I.MOHAMMED HANEEFA, S/O. K.ALI, MUKRIYAILLAM HOUSE, KAVARATTI, U.T. OF LAKSHADWEEP. (WORKING AS A CARPENTER IN THE BOAT BUILDING YARD, KAVARATHI). BY ADVS. SRI.SHYAM PADMAN SRI.A.RANJITH NARAYANAN SRI.S.K.SAJU SMT.M.LISHA RESPONDENT(S): ------------------------- 1. DIRECTOR OF FISHERIES, DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES, ADMINISTRATION OF THE U.T. OF LAKSHADWEEP, KAVARATTI-682555, LAKSHDWEEP. 2. THE ADMINISTRATOR, U.T. OF LAKSHADWEEP, KAVARATTI-682555, LAKSHADWEEP. R1 & R2 BY ADV. SRI. S. RADHAKRISHNAN, SC THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 20/06/2011, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: Mn ...2/- WP(C).No. 16443 of 2011(E) APPENDIX PETITIONER'S EXHIBITS: EXT.P1 : COPY OF THE OFFICE MEMORANDUM DATED 28.01.1993. EXT.P2 : COPY OF THE OFFICE MEMORANDUM DATED 02-06-1998. EXT.P3 : COPY OF THE ORDER DATED 15.06.1998. EXT.P4 : COPY OF THE RELEVANT PAGES OF THE NOTIFICATION DATED 02/02/2011 ISSUED BY THE SECRETARY (FISHERIES). EXT.P5 : COPY OF THE REPRESENTATION DATED 04.04.2011 SUBMITTED BY THE PETITIONER. EXT.P6 : COPY OF THE REPRESENTATION DATED 20.04.2011 GIVEN BY THE PETITIONER. EXT.P7 : COPY OF THE REPRESENTATION DATED 25.05.2011 SUBMITTED BY THE PETITIONER. RESPONDENT'S EXHIBITS - NIL //TRUE COPY// P.A. TO JUDGE Mn S. SIRI JAGAN, J. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - W.P.(C)No. 16443 of 2011 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dated this the 20th day of June, 2011 J U D G M E N T The petitioner is an employee under the Union Territory on Lakshadweep. The petitioner seeks regular appointment. The learned standing counsel for the Lakshadweep Administration submits that, the matter has to be agitated before the Central Administrative Tribunal since the matter is covered by the Administrative Tribunals Act. This is not disputed by the counsel for the petitioner. In the above circumstances, this writ petition is dismissed without prejudice to the right of the petitioner to approach the Central Administrative Tribunal. Sd/- S. SIRI JAGAN JUDGE //True copy// P.A. TO JUDGE shg/