HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION No.22776 of 2007 Dated: 22-01-2008 Between: Gorrela Venkat Rao. … Petitioner And The Government of Andhra Pradesh, rep. by its Principal Secretary, Social Welfare Department & others. … Respondents HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION No.22776 of 2007 ORDER: This writ petition is filed questioning the order of the Collector and District Magistrate, Prakasam, dated 13th of December 2006 passed in Rc.C4/5450/1988. By the aforesaid order, the District Collector, in exercise of powers conferred under Section 5(1) of The Andhra Pradesh (SC, ST & BCs) Regulation of Issue of Community Certificates Act, 1993 (for short ‘the Act’), has declared that the petitioner does not belong to the community of “Konda Kapu” i.e. S.T., but he belongs to “Thurupu Kapu” Caste, which comes under BC-D category. The said order is questioned in the writ petition on various grounds, but however, it is not necessary to go in detail into those grounds asmuch as under Section 7 of the Act, there is an effective alternative remedy of appeal to the Government against the orders of the District Collector. In view of the availability of such an effective alternative remedy before the Government by way of appeal, there is no special reason for the petitioner to by- pass the said remedy and question the order of District Collector by way of writ petition. 2. Asmuch as it is stated that the Caste certificate was issued in the year 1986 certifying that the petitioner belongs to S.T. community and based on the same he was appointed initially as a Cashier-cum-Clerk and presently he is working as a Manager, and as the certificate is being questioned on various grounds, I dispose of the writ petition, suspending the orders passed by respondent No.2 vide Proceedings in Rc.C4/5450/1988, dated 13th of December 2006 for a period of two months from today. The petitioner is permitted to prefer an appeal before the Government within a period of six weeks from today. On filing such an appeal, it is also open to the petitioner to file an interlocutory application for obtaining further appropriate interim orders. It is further made clear that if the appeal is not preferred within the time stipulated above, it is open for the respondents to proceed further in the matter according to law. 3. Subject to the above directions, the writ petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. _____________________________ JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY 22nd January 2008 ajr