IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE FOURTEENTH DAY OF JULY, TWO THOUSAND EIGHT ONLY PRESENT: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.5857 of 2004 Between: Shantikumar Dolai & others. … Petitioners AND Govt., of A.P., rep., by its Secretary to Govt., Social Welfare Dept., Secretariat, Hyderabadn & others. … Respondents Counsel for the petitioners : Sri. K. Venkat Rao This Court made the following: THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.5857 of 2004 ORDER:- This writ petition is filed for a writ of Mandamus to declare the action of the respondents in not granting caste certificates to the petitioners as Bentho Oriya (ST) by following the procedure for the purpose of availing the benefits under the reserved quota, as illegal. Heard Sri K. Venkat Rao, learned counsel for the petitioners and perused the record. The grievance of the petitioners is that though they applied to respondent Nos.3 to 6 for grant of Scheduled Tribe certificates and the same were received by respondent No.3, they are not being disposed of. At the hearing, learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that in pursuance of the interim order granted by this Court, the petitioners have appeared for EDCET 2003 and succeeded in getting admissions in the B.Ed., course, which they have completed. He stated that due to non-disposal of their applications by respondent No.3, their degree certificates were released by receiving huge monies as deposits with a condition that the petitioners should produce those certificates as and when required. No counter affidavit is filed controverting the averments contained in the affidavit. At the hearing, no one opposed the writ petition. Since the averment of the petitioners that their applications made to respondent No.3 for issuing community certificates under the provisions of the A.P. (SC, ST and BCs) Regulation of Issue of Community Certificates Act, 1993 (for short, ‘the Act’) are not disposed of is not controverted, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to respondent No.3 to consider and dispose of the applications of the petitioners for issuing community certificates under the Act, within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order, if not already disposed of. As a sequel to disposal of the writ petition, WPMP.No.7628 of 2004 filed by the petitioners for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. ____________________________ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Date: 14.07.2008 Note: Issue CC in one week. B/o. ES