IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD TUESDAY, THE THIRTIETH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND ELEVEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR WRIT PETITION No.17444 of 2011 Between: M.A.Immanuel ..... PETITIONER AND The District Collector, Mahabubnagar and 2 others .....RESPONDENTS The Court made the following: THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR WRIT PETITION No.17444 of 2011 ORDER: Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner, as well as the learned Government Pleader for Social Welfare. Since the issue involved is very short, with the consent of both the counsel, the writ petition is being disposed of. Petitioner was granted Community Certificate that he belongs to “Madiga” “Scheduled Caste” though he appears to be Christian. Petitioner was issued Caste Certificate on 19.07.1989 in proceedings No.1250/89 by the President, Mandal Praja Parishad, Gadwal, as well as by further certificate issued by the Mandal Revenue Officer in Proceedings No.J/1841/89 dated 15.09.1989. The petitioner has been working as Teacher. Doubting his caste, an order of cancellation of caste certificate was passed against him, which was challenged by the petitioner in WP.19752/1994. By order of this Court dated 04.02.2004, the said writ petition was allowed by setting aside the order of cancellation, and remitting the matter to the District Collector for conducting enquiry after giving notice to the petitioner, in terms of Sec.5 of the A.P.(SC, ST & BCs) Regulation of Issue of Community Certificates Act, 1993, and pass appropriate orders, after following due procedure. Petitioner states that subsequently the Mandal Revenue Officer conducted enquiry and submitted his report to the Revenue Divisional Officer, and the Revenue Divisional Officer also in turn submitted further report to the Collector, and though the reports are submitted long back in 2005 and 2006 respectively, no orders are being passed on the confirmation of the petitioner’s caste certificate, and thereby he is not getting benefits with respect to his pay and other benefits, while working as a Teacher. The grievance, therefore, is directed against the inaction of the 1st respondent in passing appropriate orders. The learned Government Pleader, on instructions, submits that the proceedings with respect to the confirmation of the caste certificate of the petitioner are pending with the 1st respondent and within two months appropriate orders would be passed. Since the reports of the Mandal Revenue Officer and the Revenue Divisional Officer are of 2005 and 2006 respectively, even after several years have passed, there is no justification for the 1st respondent to keep the matters pending without passing appropriate orders thereon, and consequently, petitioner may have justification in his complaining that on account of pendency of the matter, he is neither getting regularization of his service nor pay scale as a Special Teacher, where he is working. In the circumstances, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the writ petition by directing the 1st respondent to consider the matter by taking into consideration of the reports already submitted before him by the Mandal Revenue Officer, as well as the Revenue Divisional Officer, and such other material available on record and pass appropriate orders, in accordance with law, within a period of four weeks, from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. The Writ Petition is disposed of accordingly. No order as to costs. ________________________ VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR,J Dated: 30.08.2011 Dsr