THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION No.8706 OF 1995 Between: 1. Ch.Narender …. Petitioner And 1.The Govt. of A.P. rep. by its Secretary, G.A.D, A.P. Secretariat, Hyderabad And 2 others ….. Respondent THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION NO. 8706 OF 1995 ORDER: Petitioner herein questions the proceedings of the 2nd respondent whereby the petitioner’s request for compassionate appointment was rejected. Petitioner seeks appointment to a post in Zilla Parishad in as much as his father worked as a Teacher in the Mandal Parishad school. In view of the law laid down in L. Chandra Kumar Vs. Union of India, petitioner ought to have invoked the jurisdiction of the A.P. Administrative Tribunal in the first instance before invoking the jurisdiction of this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. On this ground this writ petition is dismissed. Needless to state that this order shall not preclude the petitioner herein from invoking the jurisdiction of the A.P. Administrative Tribunal. No order as to costs. __________ 12-6-2006 asp