HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.22678 of 2011 Date: 23.11.2011 Between: B.Pandu Ranga Rao ..... Petitioner AND The District Collector, Krishna At Machilipatnam and two others. .....Respondents Counsel for the Petitioner: Sri V.Durga Nageswara Rao For Smt N.Nagavani Prasuna Counsel for the Respondents: AGP for Social Welfare The Court made the following: ORDER: This Writ Petition is ﬁled for a Mandamus to declare the inaction of respondent Nos.2 and 3 in issuing permanent caste certiﬁcate to the petitioner showing him and his children as belonging to Konda Dora community (Scheduled Tribe) as illegal and arbitrary. It is the pleaded case of the petitioner that when he approached respondent No.1-Revenue Divisional Oﬃcer, Hyderabad Division, for issuance of caste certiﬁcate, the latter has issued memo dated 05.01.2010, directing the petitioner to approach the revenue division in which his native place is located; that accordingly, the petitioner has approached respondent Nos.2 and 3 with his representation on 04.10.2010; and that, no action has been taken so far by either of the two respondents. At the hearing, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Social Welfare, appearing for the respondents, on instructions, submitted that neither of respondent Nos.2 and 3 have received the purported representation of the petitioner. Learned counsel for the petitioner while asserting that such a representation is given by the petitioner, however, agreed that his client will make a fresh representation to respondent No.3, who is the competent authority, to examine his claim for issuance of permanent caste certificate. In view of the same, the Writ Petition is disposed of, giving liberty to the petitioner to apply to respondent No.3 in the prescribed form under the provisions of the Andhra Pradesh (Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes) Regulation of issue of Community Certiﬁcates Act, 1993 and the Rules made thereunder. If and when such an application is received from the petitioner, respondent No.3 shall consider, take a decision thereon and communicate the same to the petitioner within a period of one month from the date of receipt of such application. Subject to the above directions, the Writ Petition is disposed of. As a sequel to disposal of the Writ Petition, W.P.M.P.No.27716 of 2011 ﬁled by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. _____________________________ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 23rd November 2011 DR