( 1 ) THE petitioner is a Statewide Association. It is registered and established under the societies Registration Act, 1860 with the object of safeguarding the rights of the persons belonging to Scheduled Tribes and espouse their cause in regard to their employment. Complaining fraud and misrepresentation the association filed this writ petition praying for a writ of or in the nature of Mandamus, holding that the appointment of the first respondent herein to the post of District and Sessions Judge, is void, unconstitutional, and also for a prayer to set aside the same.

( 2 ) WHEN the writ petition was listed before this Full Bench on 27-3-2001, it was brought to our notice that the first respondent filed W. P. No. 18031 of 1999 questioning a show-cause notice dated 16-8-1999, issued by the Mandal Revenue Officer, parvathipuram (MRO), calling upon him to show cause as to why his application for issuance of Caste Certificate to his children and other family members as belonging to "konda Dhora", (Scheduled Tribe) should not be rejected for the reasons mentioned therein. In view of this, while ordering notice before admission in the present case, we directed the matt