Andhra Pradesh (Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes) Regulation of Issue of Community Certificates Act, 1993

The appellant, elected from the Naguru (ST) constituency in 1999, was challenged under Section 80 of the Representation of the People Act on the ground that he did not belong to the "Konda Dora" Scheduled Tribe but was a Kshatriya. The appellant argued that an earlier election petition (E.P. 13 of 1983) which had dismi…

Kurapati Maria Das was elected as a councilor and subsequently as chairperson of Bapatla Municipal Council, a seat reserved for the Scheduled Caste (Mala). Petitioners alleged that he was not a Scheduled Caste member but a Christian belonging to a Backward Class and that he had obtained caste certificates fraudulently.…

The Supreme Court examined a petition by the Director of Tribal Welfare seeking clarification on whether the Andhra Pradesh Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes Rules for Issue of Community Certificates, 1997, complied with earlier Supreme Court guidelines on caste‑certificate issuance. The Court rev…