THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE VILAS V.AFZULPURKAR WRIT PETITION No.11559 of 2014 Dated:16.04.2014 Between:
Balla Sreenu .. Petitioner And The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Principal Secretary, (Social Welfare Department), Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad, and others. .. Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE VILAS V.AFZULPURKAR WRIT PETITION No.11559 of 2014 ORDER:
Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Government Pleader for Social Welfare appearing for respondent No.1 and learned Government Pleader for Revenue appearing for respondent Nos.2 to 4.
Petitioner’s caste certificate, as belonging to Kammara (S.T) Caste, was cancelled by the orders of the Collector & District Magistrate, Guntur District, in Rc.No.278/2009/C4, dated 12.02.2014. Against the said orders, the petitioner filed an appeal before respondent No.1 on 10.04.2014 along with an application for stay. The present writ petition is, however, filed on the ground that respondent No.1 is neither taking up the said appeal for hearing nor passing any orders on the application for stay.
In the circumstances, the writ petition is disposed of directing respondent No.1 to hear and decide the appeal or application for stay on or before 15.06.2014. Till then, the orders impugned in the appeal shall not be given effect to. There shall be no order as to costs.
Miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, in this writ petition shall stand closed.
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