(c) The filing of the petition for review does not itself stay enforcement of the agency decision. Copies of the petition shall be served upon the agency and all parties of record, including the attorney general and reporter, in accordance with the provisions of the Tennessee Rules of Civil Procedure pertaining to service of process. The time for filing a petition for review in a court as provided in this chapter shall not be extended because of the period of time allotted for filing with the agency a petition for reconsideration. (2) In a case in which a petition for judicial review is submitted within the sixty-day period but is filed with an inappropriate court, the case shall be transferred to the appropriate court. (iii) A person who is aggrieved by any final decision of the Tennessee regulatory authority, or by a final decision of the state board of equalization in a contested case involving centrally assessed utility property assessed in accordance with title 67, chapter 5, part 13, shall file any petition for review with the middle division of the court of appeals. (ii) A person who is aggrieved by the final determination of a hearing officer or local board of education in a special education hearing conducted pursuant to ยง 49-10-601 may file a petition for review in the chancery court of Davidson County or, alternatively, in the county in which the petitioner resides. (B) (i) A person who is aggrieved by a final decision of the department of human services or the department of children's services in a contested case may file a petition for review in the chancery court located either in the county of the official residence of the appropriate commissioner or in the county in which any one (1) or more of the petitioners reside. Such petition shall be filed within sixty (60) days after the entry of the agency's final order thereon.
(b) (1) (A) Proceedings for review are instituted by filing a petition for review in the chancery court of Davidson County, unless another court is specified by statute. In such instances, judicial review under this chapter is permitted upon the request of the agency head and the approval of the attorney general and reporter. (2) A state agency is considered to be an aggrieved person for the purpose of judicial review when the order is from a board, commission or other entity independent of the aggrieved agency. A preliminary, procedural or intermediate agency action or ruling is immediately reviewable if review of the final agency decision would not provide an adequate remedy. (a) (1) A person who is aggrieved by a final decision in a contested case is entitled to judicial review under this chapter, which shall be the only available method of judicial review.