IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION No. 4222 OF 2010 Between: Gollalakoderu Gram Panchayat, Palakoderu Mandal, West Godavari District, rep. by its Sarpanch ..... PETITIONER AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, rep. by its Principal Secretary, Panchayat Raj Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad and others .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner: Counsel for the Respondents: The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION No. 4222 of 2010 O R D E R : This writ petition is filed seeking a declaration that the action of the 3rd respondent in addressing the letter No.2698/2009-A4 (PAM) dated 06.02.2010, directing the Sarpanch of the petitioner-Gram Panchayat to pay the arrears of salary payable to the respondent 8 at the rate of Rs.3,000/- per month is arbitrary and illegal. The respondent No.8 is working as a Part-time Pump Operator- cum-Watchman in the petitioner-Gram Panchayat and the dispute is apparently with regard to the payment of alleged arrears of salary. Since the matter relates to the services of the 8th respondent, if aggrieved, the petitioner has to agitate its grievance at the first instance before the Tribunal constituted under the Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985 and only thereafter the matter can be examined by this Court in exercise of power of judicial review under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. Accordingly, granting leave and liberty to the petitioner to work out the appropriate remedy, the Writ Petition is dismissed as not maintainable. No costs. _____________ Date: 24.02.2010 G. ROHINI, J. Ivd