(Per Vilas V. Afzulpurkar, J)

WP.No.20829 of 2007 is filed by the State of Andhra Pradesh aggrieved by the order of the Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal in O.A.No.3787 of 2007 dated 08.08.2007 where under O.A.No.3787 of 2007 filed by the respondent herein was allowed by the tribunal directing the State to issue appointment order to the respondent herein for the post of Deputy Registrar of Cooperative Societies within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of the order, as she was selected by the Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC).

2. The State has assailed the aforesaid order, primarily, on the ground that the social status certificate produced by the respondent in support of her claim that she belongs to Konda Kapu caste and as such is recognized Schedule Tribe (ST), is itself fraudulent and incorrect. In other words, therefore, the State denied her claim that she belongs to Konda Kapu caste and notwithstanding her selection by APPSC for Group I services under the Government of AP to the post of Deputy Registrar of Cooperative Societies; the appointment order in her favour was not issued. The aforesaid claim of the Government is based upon the veri