IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) PRESENT: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY FRIDAY, THE FOURTH DAY OF NOVEMBER, TWO THOUSAND AND ELEVEN WRIT PETITION No.15981 of 2011 Between: B.Eswaraiah. … Petitioner And The State of Andhra Pradesh, reptd., by the Principal Secretary, Social Welfare Department, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad and others. … Respondents Counsel for the petitioner: Sri M.Venkataramana Reddy. Counsel for the respondents: AGP for Social Welfare for R1 to R4. None for R.5. This Court made the following: ORDER:- This Writ Petition is filed for the following substantive relief: “… to issue a writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declare the proceedings of the 2nd respondent-Collector and District Magistrate, Chittoor, vide order in D.Dis.C3/9308/2010, dated 18-5-2010, as illegal, arbitrary, violation of principles of natural justice and violation of the provisions of the A.P. (SC,ST & BCs) Regulation of Issue of Community Certificates Act, 1993 and Rules made thereunder and consequently set aside the same”. At the hearing, Sri M.Venkataramana Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioner, submitted that his client may be permitted to withdraw the Writ Petition with liberty to avail the alternative remedy of appeal under Section 7 of the Andhra Pradesh (Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes) Regulation of Issue of Community Certificates Act, 1993. He further requested that if such an appeal is filed, respondent No.1 may be directed to dispose of the same in a time bound manner. Having regard to the above submissions of the learned counsel for the petitioner, the Writ Petition is dismissed as withdrawn with liberty to the petitioner to file an appeal before respondent No.1. If such an appeal is filed by the petitioner within a period of one week from today, the same shall be entertained and disposed of on merits by respondent No.1 after giving an opportunity of being heard to the petitioner within a period of three months. As a sequel, WPMP No.19142 of 2011 is disposed of as infructuous. ----------------------------- --------- C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY,J Date:04-11-2011 MNR