APHC010028742026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3460] FRIDAY,THE TWENTY THIRD DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE NYAPATHY VIJAY WRIT PETITION NO: 1923/2026 Between: Tatikonda Hema Kumar and Others ...PETITIONER(S) AND The State Of Ap and Others ...RESPONDENT(S) Counsel for the Petitioner(S): 1. RAMALAKSHMANA REDDY SANEPALLI Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. GP FOR REVENUE 2. GP FOR SOCIAL WELFARE The Court made the following: 2 THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NYAPATHY VIJAY W.P.No.1923 of 2026 O R DE R: 1. The Writ Petition is filed questioning the inaction of the Respondents in accepting the application of the Petitioners for issuance of the Schedule Tribe Community Certificate in terms of the Andhra Pradesh (Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes) Regulation of Issuance of Community Certificates Act, 1993. (for short 'the Act, 1993') as illegal and arbitrary. 2. The petitioners claim to be the members of the 'Bagata Caste,' which is a notified community under the Scheduled Tribes as per the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Orders (Amendment) Act, 1976, wherein the community of the 'Bagata' caste was mentioned in Schedule-II of Part-I at serial No. 2. 3. The grievance of the Petitioners is that the applications of the Petitioners under the Act, 1993, are not being received by the local Tahsildar and hence, the present Writ Petition. 4. Learned Assistant Government Pleader for Social Welfare would submit that the applications of the Petitioners will be 3 considered in terms of the Act, 1993 and an appropriate decision will be taken by the authorities specified under the Act vis a vis with regard to the claim of the Petitioners. 5. Heard the respective counsel. 6. Considering the submissions made, the Writ Petition is disposed of with the following directions: i) The Respondent No.3 is directed to accept the applications of the Petitioners and examine the same in terms of the Andhra Pradesh (Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes) Regulation of Issuance of Community Certificates Act, 1993 (for short 'the Act, 1993') and pass appropriate orders thereon as expeditiously as possible. ii) There shall be no order as to costs. As a sequel, the miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending in this Petition shall stand closed __________________ NYAPATHY VIJAY, J Date: 23.01.2026 eha 4 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE NYAPATHY VIJAY WRIT PETITION NO: 1923/2026 Dt. 23.01.2026 eha