IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE THIRTIETH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE DR JUSTICE G.YETHIRAJULU WRIT PETITION NO : 15319 of 2004 Between: Allu Satyanarayana Murthy, S/o Balarama Murthy, Gram Panchayat Secretary, Lankavanipalem, K.Kotapadu Mandal, Visakhapatnam District ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The District Collector (PW), Visakhapatnam 2 The Enquiry Officer and Special Grade Deputy Collector (LA), Steel Plant, Visakhapatnam .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to issue a Writ, Order or direction in the nature of Mandamus, declaring the proceedings Roc.No.658/2004 A1 dated 2-8-2004 suspending the petitioner even before submission of the report of the 2nd respondent to the show cause notice Rc.No.73/2004/SA/dated 10-8-2004 as being illegal, unjust, arbitrary, violative of Art.14 and 21 of the Constitution of India and the principles of natural justice viz. condemning the petitioner without being heard. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.E.V.BHAGIRATHA RAO Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR PANCHAYAT RAJ & RURAL DEV. The Court made the following: ORDER: Petitioner is a Government servant. He worked as a Village Administrative Officer (VAO) for a considerable period and he is presently working as a Secretary of the Gram Panchayat. The remedy for his grievance is with the Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal. Therefore, the writ petition before this Court cannot be maintained. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed as not maintainable with a liberty to the petitioner to approach the Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal to work out his rights about the grievance expressed by him in this writ petition. No costs. _______________ 30.08.2004 VGB To 1 The District Collector (PW), Visakhapatnam 2 The Enquiry Officer and Special Grade Deputy Collector (LA), Steel Plant, Visakhapatnam 3 2CCs to the Government Pleader for Panchayat Raj & Rural Development, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad (OUT) 4 2CD copies