( 1 ) THE petitioner is questioning the proceedings No. B-2. 12038/92 dated 30-10-1993 issued by the 2nd respondent cancelling the social status certificate of the petitioner issued by the revenue authorities during 1984 to 1991.

( 2 ) THE factual matrix leading to the filing of this Writ Petition is set out as hereunder:- The petitioner belongs to valmiki Tribe and the genealogical table of her family for the last four generations would disclose that they belong to Scheduled Tribe. The entire scholastic record right from 1976 to 1990 would show that she belongs to valmiki caste. The then Tahsildar, Yellavaram and the Mandal Revenue Officer, Addateegala have issued certificates on 17-4-1984, 30-1-1990, 1-12-1990 and 20-7-1991 after detailed enquiry to the effect that the petitioner belongs to valmiki Scheduled Tribe. The Valmikis of agency tracts are also valiantly called as malas and agency Malas . The statutory notification under the Agency Tracts Interest and Land Transfer Act 1917 and subsequent notifications issued under 1935 Act confirms this factum. They were also known as hills Tribes under 1917 Act. This hill Tribes from 1917 are termed as Ba