IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE THIRTIETH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO WRIT PETITION No : 12901 of 2009 Between: D.Ravi KUmar S/o.L.Dhanraj R/o.H.No.14/63, L.B.Nagar, Tirupathi Chittoor District ..... PETITIONER AND 1 South Central Railway, rep.by Chief Workshop Engineer,Mechanical Branch, Railnilyam, Secunderabad 2 The south Central Railway, Officer of the Chief Workshop Manager, Carrage Repair Shop, Personal Branch Tirupathi, Chittoor 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 will be pleased to issue an appropriate writ order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus declaring the action of the 2nd respondent in issuing the impugned proceedings No.TR/P-608/IAM-JE-II/LDCE/Vol I dated 3.6.2009 as being illegal, unjust , arbitrary, discriminatory and unconstitutional being in violation of Articles 14 & 300A of the Constitution of India apart from the various judicial pronouncements of the Hon`ble Supreme Court as well as this Hon`ble Court and consequently set aside the same. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.P.HEMACHANDRA Counsel for the Respondent No.: MR.R.S.MURTHY The Court at the stage of admission made the following O R D E R: This Writ Petition has been moved by a Technician of the South Central Railway for not considering his candidature for filling up of the post of Junior Engineer (Work Shop) II. This is essentially a service dispute of a railway servant. In view of the judgment rendered by the Supreme Court in L. Chandrakumar v. Union of India[1], this Court cannot entertain this Writ Petition at the first instance. The writ petitioner has to avail the remedy available to him under the Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985, by approaching the Central Administrative Tribunal. For want of jurisdiction, at this stage, this Writ Petition is dismissed. No costs. Registry is directed to return the original papers, if any filed by the writ petitioner, to the learned counsel for the petitioner, so as to enable him to produce the same before the Central Administrative Tribunal. ---------------------------------- (NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO, J) 30th June 2009 ksld ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1) 2 CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{TRK} [1] AIR 1997 SC 1125