L. NARASIMHA REDDY, J.

( 1 ) THE petitioner was appointed as an untrained teacher by the Integrated Tribal Development Agency, through orders dated 26-11-1986. He joined duty on 9-12-1986. He claimed to be a candidate belonging to Agency Mala Community, which is recognized as Schedule Tribe (ST ). His appointment was against the vacancy reserved for st . The services of the petitioner were terminated by the 1st respondent through order dated 30-11-1992 on the ground that the Additional District Magistrate and Joint Collector, East Godavari (hereinafter referred to as the Joint Collector ) cancelled his Caste Certificate and thereby he is not entitled to continue in the employment. The petitioner challenged he same in this writ petition. In the counter affidavit filed by the respondent, it is stated that the petitioner was appointed against a vacancy reserved for st and since it was found after enquiry by the Joint Collector that the petitioner does not belong to st and since that order became final, the respondents are left with no alternative except to terminate the services of the petitioner.

( 2 ) SRI K. G. Krishna Murthy, learned counsel for the petitioner, submits that th

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