IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE TWENTY SEVENTH DAY OF APRIL, TWO THOUSAND NINE PRESENT: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.8649 of 2009 Between: S. Venkataiah ..... Petitioner AND The Govt., of A.P., rep., by its Principal Secretary, Department of Panchayat Raj, Secretariat, Hyderabad & others. .....Respondents Counsel for the petitioner : Sri D. Venkat Reddy Counsel for the respondents: AGP for Panchayat Raj This Court made the following: THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.8649 of 2009 ORDER:- This writ petition is filed to set aside order dated 15.03.2008 passed by respondent No.2. This writ petition is liable to be dismissed on two grounds, namely, (i) that the petitioner failed to avail the remedy of statutory appeal available to him under Rule 33 of the Andhra Pradesh Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1991 and (ii) that the petitioner, being the former employee of the State, shall first approach the Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal (for short, ‘the Tribunal’) before availing the remedy of judicial review. Even this remedy of approaching the Tribunal will be available to the petitioner after he exhausts the remedy of appeal. Subject to the above observations, the writ petition is dismissed with liberty to the petitioner to avail the remedy of appeal. As a sequel to dismissal of the writ petition, WPMP.No.11325 of 2009 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is also dismissed. _____________________________ C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Date: 27.04.2009 ES