IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE THIRTY FIRST DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 4554 of 2009 Between: Smt. Amanaganti Madhavi Latha (Hindu) W/o. Late Raghuveer Rao R/o. Vanasthalipuram, Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Board of Technical Education Rep. by its Commissioner / Director I Floor, Bhurgula Rama Krishna Rao Bhavan, Lower Tankbund, Hyderabad. 2 The Joint Director Board of Technical Education Vanaparthi, Mahaboobnagar Dist. 3 the K D R Govt. Polytechnic College Rep. by Principal Wanaparthi, Mahaboobnagar Dist. 4 M/s. Vishnu Chit Pvt. Limited Rep. by its Manager Abids, Hyderabad. ..RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.P.VENUGOPALA RAO Counsel for the Respondent: AGP FOR EDUCATION The Court made the following : O R D E R: This writ petition is filed for a writ of Mandamus to declare the inaction of respondents 1 to 3 in paying death benefits to the petitioner on account of the death of her husband, an employee of respondent No.3, a Government Polytechnic College. In view of the admitted fact that the husband of the petitioner was in Government service and his death benefits are the subject matter of the dispute in this writ petition, the petitioner is not entitled to invoke the jurisdiction of this Court, without first approaching the Administrative Tribunal, in view of the dicta laid down by the Constitution Bench of 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 approach the Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal. As a sequel to dismissal of main petition, WPMP No.5989 of 2009 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Dated 31st March, 2009 vrn [1] AIR 1997 SC 1125