THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION NO. 3818 OF 1998 Date: 08.02.2008 Between: A. Indiramma and four others. … Petitioners and The State of A.P. rep., by its Secretary to Government, Panchayat Raj & Rural Development, Secretariat, Hyderabad and three others. … Respondents THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION NO. 3818 OF 1998 ORDER: The relief sought for in the writ petition is against the Government of Andhra Pradesh and to quash the orders of the Government in G.O.Ms. No. 568 dated 21.12.1992. The petitioners seek appointment as teachers in Government schools. In view of the judgment of the Supreme Court in L. Chandrakumar Vs. Union of India[1] the petitioners ought to have invoked the jurisdiction of the A.P. Administrative Tribunal, which is the Court of first instance, before approaching this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. Leaving it open to the petitioner, if they are so aggrieved, to approach the A.P. Administrative Tribunal for the relief sought for, the writ petition fails and is, accordingly, dismissed. No costs. _______________________________ Date: 08.02.2008 RAMESH RANGANATHAN, J MRKR [1] AIR 1997 Supreme Court 1125