IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALAKRISHNA TAMADA Writ Petition No.14751 of 2003 Dated: 11-07-2007 Between: 1. Kampalli Nambaiah, s/o Sri Hanmaiah and 7 others. ... Petitioners and 1. The Assistant Director of Fisheries, Ujwala Park Road, Karimnagar and 3 others. ... Respondents ORDER: The grievance of petitioners is that though they belong to Scheduled Caste community and they are entitled to membership in third respondent Fishermen Cooperative Society as per the skill test conducted on 16-04-2001, respondents are not admitting them into the said Society, hence they approached this Court and filed the present writ petition. 2. A counter affidavit is filed on behalf of respondents 1 and 2 stating that it is true that petitioners appeared for a skill test on 16-04- 2001 but as the report of the Fisheries Development Officer, Manthani, who conducted the skill test, is not satisfactory, again first respondent directed him to conduct another skill test on 10-12-2001. It is stated that though petitioners have attended before three men committee of skill test on 10-12-2001, they have not participated in the skill test and thus it is not known as to whether petitioners have operated nets and net fabrication cast net and topela, before skill test committee. 3. In the light of the said averment made in the counter affidavit it cannot be said that petitioners are qualified as members in third respondent Society. But, however, as they did not participate in the skill test, petitioners may give an application requesting the authorities to conduct a fresh skill test, and on such application, respondents may conduct skill test. 4. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of. No costs. _______________________________ JUSTICE GOPALAKRISHNA TAMADA Dt.11-07-2007 GLV