THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO WRIT PETITION No. 4343 of 2008 O R D E R: The writ petitioner, though is working as an Office Superintendent with a private religious and charitable institution, but nonetheless, she has raised a lis in this Writ Petition concerning the method and manner of filling up the posts of Grade-I Executive Officer of various Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments. The service where the posts of Executive Officer Grade-I are included, is a service belonging to Andhra Pradesh Endowments Department Executive Officers Service, conditions of which service are regulated by the Rules framed by the Governor in accordance with the proviso to Article 309 of the Constitution of India. Therefore, this is a lis, the jurisdiction to decide of which has since been conferred upon the Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal constituted under the Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985. As per the ratio laid own by the Supreme Court in L. Chandrakumar vs. Union of India[1], such of those employees, who are seeking to raise any dispute, which is liable to be adjudicated by the Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal, should, at the first instance, approach such a Tribunal and then seek a judicial review of the decision of the Tribunal, but they cannot approach this Court straight away. In view of this legal principle, this Writ Petition is not maintainable and it is dismissed, but however, liberty is available to the petitioner to seek redressal of her subsisting grievance by approaching the Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal, at the first instance. No costs. ---------------------------------- (NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO, J) 12th July 2010 ksld [1] AIR 1997 Supreme Court 1125