IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE B.PRAKASH RAO WRIT PETITION NO : 9367 of 1992 Between: G. Janardhan Rao S/o. Jeevan Rao Basheerabad Nizamabad district. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Government of Andhra Pradesh, rep. by its Secretary, Social Welfare Department, Hyderabad. 2 The Joint Collector & Additional District Magistrate, Nizamabad district. .....RESPONDENT(S) Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to issue a writ, order or direction, particularly one int he nature of Writ of Certiorari, calling for the records relating to the Proceedings No.D- 6/8031/89 dt. 31.3.92 issued by the 2nd respondent and quash the same as illegal and arbitrary. For the Petitioner: M/s C.Ananda Rao and C.Madhusudhan Rao,Advocates. For the Respondents: GP FOR SOCIAL WELFARE The Court Made the Following : ORDER Heard both sides. In this Writ Petition, the petitioner is seeking to assail the impugned order, dated 31-03-1992 where under the caste certificate has been cancelled on the ground that the petitioner does not belong to the Backward class. However, it is represented that in view of the policy decision taken by the Government declaring the caste of the petitioner as Backward class, the impugned order is liable to be set aside. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is allowed and the impugned order dated 31-03-1992 is set aside. Hsd/bss ASSISTANT REGISTRAR //true copy// SECTION OFFICER That Rule Nisi has been made absolute as above. Witness the Hon’ble Sri Devinder Gupta, the Chief Justice on this the 24th day of June, 2004. REGISTRAR TO 1.The Secretary,Social Welfare Dept., Govt. of A.P.Hyderabad. 2.The Joint Collelctor and Addl.Dist. Magistrate, Nizamabad district. 3.2 C.Cs.to G.P. for Social Welfare, High Court Buildings,Hyderabad (OUT) 4.2 C.D.copies.