THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA Writ Petition No. 5319 of 2006 Dated: 11.09.2006 Between: T. Sanjeeva Murthy, S/o Anjaneyulu, working as Manager (Scale.II), Syndicate Bank, Main Branch, Kadapa. .... PETITIONER AND The District Collector, Kurnool and others. .....RESPONDENTS THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA Writ Petition No. 5319 of 2006 Order: The petitioner is working as Manager (Scale.II) in the 2nd respondent-Bank. As there was a dispute with regard to genuineness of the caste certificate produced by the petitioner, the 1st respondent, namely the District Collector, after due enquiry, by proceedings dated 07.04.1992, cancelled the caste certificate issued by the then Tahsildar, Kurnool, to the petitioner on 16.09.1977 as ‘Valmiki’ Scheduled Caste Community. Aggrieved by the said proceedings, the petitioner preferred an appeal along with stay petition before the 4th respondent-Government on 25.02.2006. The grievance of the petitioner is that though he preferred appeal along with stay petition on 25.02.2006, so far the 4th respondent-Government neither considered the appeal nor passed any interim orders on the stay petition, and in the meanwhile, the 2nd respondent-Bank is threatening to remove him from service. Hence, he filed the present writ petition. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Government Pleader for Social Welfare, and the learned Standing Counsel for the respondent-Bank. Since the appeal filed by the petitioner is said to be pending consideration before the 4th respondent-Government from February, 2006 onwards, without going into the merits of the matter, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the writ petition with the following directions: The 4th respondent-Government is directed to consider and dispose of the appeal dated 25.02.2006, preferred by the petitioner against the proceedings dated 07.04.1992 passed by the 1st respondent-District Collector, expeditiously, and in the event, it is not in a position to dispose of the appeal, it shall consider and dispose of the stay petition, filed by the petitioner along with the appeal dated 25.02.2006, and pass appropriate orders thereon within a period of two weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of. No costs. ___________________ N.V. RAMANA, J. Date: 11.09.2006 Nsr/Ksr