1 mpt IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 157 OF 2009 Shri Balasaheb Tukaram Kurpe .. Petitioner versus The State of Maharashtra .. Respondent ... None for the petitioner. Mr.V.S. Masurkar G.P. for the respondent. CORAM : B.H.MARLAPALLE AND D.G. KARNIK, JJ DATED : 19th January 2009 P.C.: . None for the petitioner. . The petitioner’s main challenge is to the action of respondent no.3 in the appointment of police patil and it appears that the petitioner was also a candidate for appointment to the post of police patil. 2 . Petitioner’s remedy at the first instance therefore lies before the Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal, in view of the law laid down by the Supreme Court of India in the case of L. Chandra Kumar Vs. Union of India & ors. (1997) 3 SCC 261. . Petition is therefore disposed with liberty to the petitioner to approach the Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal. (D.G. KARNIK, J) (B.H.MARLAPALLE, J)