IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE EIGHTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE VILAS.V AFZULPURKAR WRIT PETITION NO : 32493 of 1998 Between: A P State Workcharged and NMR Employees United Federation having its office at Plot No. 10, Sikhara Enclave Sagar Road, Champapet, Ranga Reddy District through its General Secretary, G. Narasimha Reddy. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 State of Andhra Pradesh, rep. by its Principal Secretary, Irrigation & Command Area Development (Ser.V) Department at Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 Engineer in Chief (AW), Erramanzil, Somajiguda, Hyderabad. 3 Administrator cum Chief Enginer, SRSP, at MJ Road, Hyderabad. 4 The Superintending Engineer, GVC Circle, No. 1, Sriramsagar Project, Nizamabad. 5 The Superintending Engineer, GVC Circle No. 3, Dharoor Camp, Jagtial, Karimnagar District. 6 The Superintending Engineer, GVC Circle No. 4, at LMD Colony, Karimnagar. 7 The Superintending Engineer, Construction Circle, SRSP at Huzurabad, Karimnagar. 8 The Superintending Engineer, Sri ramsagar, GVC Circle No. 2 at Dharoor Camp, Jagityal, Karimnagar District. .....RESPONDENT(S) 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 to issue a Writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate Writ or Writs, Order or Direction, declaring and setting aside the GO Ms No. 337 dt 12.10.98 issued by Irrigation & Command Area Development (Ser.V) Department on the file of the first respondent, as illegal, arbitrary and without jurisdiction; Award costs and pass Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.K.RAGHUVEER REDDY Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR IRRIGATION & COMM AREA DEV. The Court made the following : Form-NIC-OGS/WP{KRD} HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR W.P.No.32493 of 1998 O R D E R: It is represented by the learned counsel for the petitioner that the subject matter of the writ petition is within the domain of jurisdiction of the A.P. Administrative Tribunal as held by the Hon’ble Supreme Court in L.CHANDRA KUMAR v. UNION OF INDIA. The same view was also followed by this Court in W.P.No.35471 of 1998 and batch, dated 29-08-2007. In view of the same, the Writ Petition is dismissed accordingly. No costs. ________________ 08-08-2008 kvr