Bandam Sathish v. The State Of Telangana

HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE A.RAJASHEKER REDDY WRIT PETITION No.28578 OF 2018 O R D E R :

This writ petition is filed challenging the action of the 3rd respondent in not considering the application submitted by the petitioner through Mee Seva, dated 27-06-2018, for issuance of the digital caste certificate.

Learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Assistant Government Pleader for Social Welfare accepts that the issue involved in this writ petition, relating to digital copy of the certificate, is similar to WP.No.23764 of 2013, which was disposed of by this Court by its order dated 21-08-2013. In the case on hand also, the petitioner rely upon the Community, Nativity and Date of Birth Certificates issued by the Tahsildar, Mahadevpur Mandal, Karimnagar District, bearing Certificate No.C/837/2010 under village Code No.0029 to his sister. More so, it is stated in the writ affidavit that the petitioner was also issued caste certificate.

Since the Community, Nativity and Date of Birth Certificate issued by the Tahasildar, Mahadevpur to the petitioner and his sister are stated to be still in force, the respondents shall furnish the petitioner digital copy of the caste certificate basing on the certificates issued to him and his sister within two days from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. It is made clear that this

order shall not preclude the respondents from initiating action under Section 5 of the Andhra Pradesh/Telangana (SC, ST & BCs) Regulation of Issue of Community Certificates Act, 1993 and Rules, 1997 (for short 'the Act') for cancellation of the caste certificate issued in favour of the petitioner, if they are of the view that the said caste certificate is false.

With the above direction, the writ petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. As a sequel thereto, miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending in the writ petition, shall stand closed. _______________________________ A.RAJASHEKER REDDY, J 13.08.2018 Note: Issue CC by 14.08.2018 B/o Nvl