HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO WRIT PETITION No.32005 of 2010 Date: January 25, 2011 Between: K. Elija Devi … Petitioner And 1. The Director of Accounts (Postal), A.P. Circle, Hyderabad & 2 others. … Respondents * * * HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO WRIT PETITION No.32005 of 2010 ORDER: The petitioner has retired from service of the Postal Accounts Branch as a Senior Accountant. The grievance raised in this writ petition relates to non-payment of her terminal benefits. Since she was a Government of India servant, any dispute concerning her service will have to be raised at the first instance before the appropriate Bench of the Central Administrative Tribunal and thereafter only she can approach this Court, as per the ratio laid down by the Supreme Court in L. Chandrakumar v. Union of India[1]. 2. In that view of the matter, this writ petition is not maintainable as of now, since the petitioner has not yet approached the Central Administrative Tribunal. Hence, it is dismissed, preserving the liberty and right to the writ petitioner to approach the appropriate Bench of the Central Administrative Tribunal seeking redressal of her grievance relating to non-payment of her terminal benefits. No costs. 3. The Registry is directed to return the originals filed by the writ petitioner herein so as to enable her to present the same before the appropriate Bench of the Central Administrative Tribunal. ________________________________ NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO, J Date: January 25, 2011. BSB [1] AIR 1996 SC 1196