SARDAR ALL KHAN, J.

( 1 ) THIS batch of writ petitions has been filed for issue of appropriate writs relating to appointment to posts of Village Administrative Officers under the andhra Pradesh Village Administrative Officers Service Rules, 1990.

( 2 ) WHEN the matter came up before the learned single judge, a preliminary objection was raised with regard to jurisdiction of the High Court to entertain the writ petitions on the ground that it is the Andhra Pradesh Administrative tribunal which has jurisdiction to deal with the matter and not the High Court. The learned single Judge has thus made an order of reference of the cases to division Bench stating that the Rules referred to above have been framed under article 309 of the Constitution of India, and the contention raised on behalf of the State Government that the Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal alone has got jurisdiction under Section 15 of the Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985 to deal with the matter becomes an important question of law which requires to be decided by a Division Bench of this Court.

( 3 ) WE have heard the matter in considerable detail mainly with regard to the question of jurisdiction. It may be notic

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