THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY W.P. No.620 of 2006 Date: 14-02-2006 Between: Smt. G.Satya Radha Devi, W/o. Veerabhadra Rao Aged 56 years, Occ: Technical Assistant, Department of Commerce and Management, Visakhapatnam District. … Petitioner And The Government of A.P. rep.by its Principal Secretary, Social Welfare Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad and another. …Respondents ORDER: Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for Social Welfare. The petitioner, who is working as a Technical Assistant in Department of Commerce and Management, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam District, filed this writ petition against order dated 19-12-2005 passed in Memo. No.9989/CV.2/2005-1, wherein the Government refused to grant interim stay in the appeal filed by her under the provisions of Andhra Pradesh Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes Regulation of Issue of Community Certificate Act 16 of 1993 (for short ‘the Act’). The caste certificate issued to the petitioner as Scheduled Tribe was cancelled by the Collector, Kakinada by order dated 13-09-2005 vide Ref.C6(M)240/2002. As against the same, the petitioner preferred statutory appeal before the 1st respondent and sought for interim orders. The 1st respondent refused to stay the order of cancellation merely stating that the matter has been examined and there are no new grounds for consideration for grant of stay. Basing on the caste certificate obtained by the petitioner, she entered into service as early as in the year 1977 and has been in service for more than 3 decades. The correctness or otherwise of the order cancelling the caste certificate is a matter which is ultimately to be gone into by the appellate authority, which is pending before the first respondent-Government. As much as the petitioner is in service basing on the caste certificate issued to her earlier, balance of convenience is in favour of the petitioner to stay the order cancelling the caste certificate pending disposal of the appeal. Accordingly the order dated 19-12-2005 passed in Memo No.9989/CV.2/2005-1 by the 1st respondent is set aside and the order of the Collector dated 13-09-2005 passed in Ref.C6(M)240/2002 cancelling the caste certificate to the extent of the petitioner stands suspended till disposal of the appeal. The 1st respondent is directed to dispose of the appeal of the petitioner as expeditiously as possible preferably within a period of four months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. The Writ Petition is accordingly disposed of. No order as to costs. ______________________ R. SUBHASH REDDY, J Date: 14-02-2006 NOTE: Furnish certified copy of the order by 16-02-2006. (B/O) LSK/VR