THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY Writ Petition Nos.23357, 23559, 23560, 25969, 25978 and 31769 of 2011 Dated 13th December, 2011 Between: P.Chenchuramaiah …Petitioner (W.P.No.23557 of 2011) And Govt.of Andhra Pradesh rep.by its Principal Secretary, Social Welfare Department, A.P.Secretariat, Hyderabad and others …Respondents (W.P.No.23557 of 2011) Counsel for the petitioner: Sri D.V.N.Nagarjuna Babu Counsel for respondent Nos.1 to 3: GP for Social Welfare The Court made the following: COMMON ORDER: In this batch of Writ Petitions, the issue of entitlement of the petitioners for various fee reimbursements mentioned in the prayers of the writ petitions for the year 2010-2011 is involved. It is not in dispute that the petitioners hold community certificates showing them as belonging to Samban caste. It is also not in dispute that as per the Constitution (Scheduled Caste) Order, 1950, Samban caste is listed as a scheduled caste. As per the Government Orders, the scheduled caste students are entitled to fee reimbursement, subject to the conditions stipulated from time to time by respondent No.1. The only ground on which the petitioners are denied fee reimbursement for various degree courses is that on certain representations, the State Government has initiated proceedings for reviewing the community certificates issued in favour of some individuals. As rightly submitted by Sri D.V.Nagarjuna Babu, learned counsel for the petitioners, so long as the petitioners’ community certificates are in force, they cannot be denied the benefit of fee reimbursement in terms of various Government Orders, the existence of which is not in dispute. It has come out that in pursuance of the interim orders granted by this Court, the fee reimbursement was made during the first year. In the absence of any legal bar, I do not find any reason whatsoever to deny the petitioners the benefit of fee reimbursement so long as the community certificates issued in their favour remain in tact. In this view of the matter, these Writ Petitions are allowed as prayed for. As a sequel, all the interlocutory applications shall stand disposed of as infructuous. ___________________________ (C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J) 13th December, 2011 lur