THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE A. GOPAL REDDY AND THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE N. RAVI SHANKAR WRIT PETITION No.5427 of 2011 ORDER: Petitioner, a practicing advocate, filed this writ petition for relaxation of her age of 45 years as on 01.08.2010 which is the cut off date for age qualification mentioned in the notification by considering her claim to appear for the District and Sessions Judges Examination (Entry Level) for direct recruitment as a backward class candidate since she is holding a Backward Class caste certificate issued in the State of Karnataka. The present direct recruitment for District Judges at the entry level in the Andhra Pradesh State Judicial Service Rules is being held for the posts of District Judges in the State of Andhra Pradesh. Admittedly, the caste certificate issued to the petitioner by the authorities concerned pertains to the State of Karnataka and it shows that she belongs to Kamma caste mentioned in Category- III(A). It shows that she belongs to Kamma caste which is notified as a backward class in the State of Karnataka. Since the caste of the petitioner is not specified as a Backward Class in the list of Backward Classes mentioned in Part-C of the Schedule to the Andhra Pradesh State and Subordinate Services Rules 1976 and as the persons belonging to said castes alone are eligible for direct recruitment to the posts of District Judges in the State of Andhra Pradesh as backward candidates, she cannot claim age relaxation of three years to permit her to appear for the written examination as a backward class candidate for the above recruitment. This writ petition is accordingly dismissed. There shall be no order as to costs. ______________________ A. GOPAL REDDY, J ______________________ N. RAVI SHANKAR, J March 16, 2011 LMV/cvrk