THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE V. ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION No.6473 OF 2006 DATED: 22-03-2007 BETWEEN Battu Kiritam, S/o. Mathyas, R/o. Railway Qtr. No.9/7, Opp. Begumpet Railway Station, Hyderabad. …PETITIONER AND Government of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Secretary, General Administration Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad and another. …RESPONDENTS ORDER: Petitioner questions the method of evaluation of main examination papers of Group-I Services Direct (Limited and General) Recruitment 2003 held by the Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that as the subject matter of the writ petition relates to recruitment of employees, which being a service matter, the only remedy available to the petitioner is to approach the Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal. 3. However, when the matter came up for hearing on 13.03.2007 neither the petitioner appeared nor there was any representation on his behalf, hence, the matter was directed to be listed on 20.03.2007 under the caption ‘For Dismissal’. Even today when the matter is taken up for hearing, neither the petitioner appears nor there is any representation on his behalf. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed for default of the petitioner. There shall be no order as to costs. ______________ V. ESWARAIAH, J March 22, 2007 DSK