IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.2669 of 2009 Between: G. Lakshmi, W/o. late Sri G. Rajesh, R/o. H.No. 18-1-257, Harijan Basti, Uppuguda, Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Government of A.P. Rep by its Principal Secretary, Department of Agriculture & Cooperation, (Horticulture) Secetariat, Hyderabad. 2 The Commissioner & Director, Department of Horticulture, Public Gardens, Hyderabad. 3 The Deputy Director, Department of Horticulture, Public Gardens, Hyderabad. .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.B.V.S.S.BALAKRISHNA RANJIT Counsel for the Respondents:AGP FOR AGRICULTURE The Court made the following : ORDER: This writ petition is filed for a writ of mandamus to declare the inaction of the respondents in considering the petitioner’s representations, dated 03.12.2008, 08.01.2009 and 03.02.2009 for compassionate appointment. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Agriculture. At the hearing, the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Agriculture pointed out and rightly in my view, that as the subject matter of the writ petition pertains to employment in Government’s service, the petitioner shall approach the Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal under Section 15 of the Andhra Pradesh Tribunals Act, 1985 in view of the dicta laid down by the Supreme Court in L.Chandra Kumar v. Union of India[1]. In view of the same, the writ petition is dismissed with liberty to the petitioner to avail the said remedy. As a sequel to dismissal of main petition, WPMP.Nos.7036 and 3410 of 2009 filed by the petitioner are disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 7th APRIL, 2009. kvni [1] AIR 1997 SC 1125