THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION No.31771 of 1997 Dated:21.01.2008 Between: Kurma Satyanarayana S/o Manikyala Rao and others. ..... PETITIONERS AND The Secretary to Government, Panchayat Raj, Rural Development and Relief Department, Government of A.P., Secretariat, Hyderabad and others. .....RESPONDENTS THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION No.31771 of 1997 ORDER: In this writ petition, petitioners herein seek a direction to the Secretary to Government of Andhra Pradesh, Panchayat Raj and Rural Employment department, to consider their case for regularization in accordance with G.O.Ms.No.212 dated 22.04.1994. As held by the Supreme Court in L.Chandra Kumar v. Union of India[1], the petitioners ought to have approached the Andhra Pradesh Administrative Trubunal at the first instance, and it is only after the petitioners have invoked jurisdiction of the Tribunal and are aggrieved by any order passed by the Tribunal, can they invoke the jurisdiction of this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. On this short ground, the writ petition is liable to be dismissed. Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed leaving it open to the petitioners, if they so chose to approach the Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal for the relief sought for in the present writ petition. ________________________ (Ramesh Ranganathan, J) 21st January 2008. sh [1] AIR 1997 SC 1125