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The Bapatla territory medication announced the cancellation of 3 Scheduled Caste (SC) certificates issued to Chintada Anand, lad of Ramulu, a pastor and a nonmigratory of Pittalavanipalem mandal, pursuing recommendations by the District Level Scrutiny Committee (DLSC).
The Committee re-examined the caste certificate of the pastor pursuing the Supreme Court’s caller orders connected the presumption of a Hindu Scheduled Caste idiosyncratic converting his religion to Christianity and practicing the religion, portion holding the SC status.
According to an Extraordinary Gazette notification issued by the Bapatla territory medication connected Saturday (May 23, 2026), District Collector and Magistrate Dr. Vinod Kumar V. ordered the cancellation of the caste certificates issued successful favour of Chintada Anand, with contiguous effect.
The notification stated that the enactment was taken nether the provisions of Section 5 of the Andhra Pradesh (Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Backward Classes) Regulation of Issue of Community Certificates Act, 1993, work with Rule 9(7) of the Andhra Pradesh SC, ST and BC Issue of Community, Nativity and Date of Birth Certificates Rules, 1997.
The cancelled documents see a manual caste certificate issued connected March 15, 2021, and 2 integrated caste certificates issued connected October 22, 2022, and February 28, 2025, respectively, by the Tahsildar of Pittalavanipalem mandal.
The territory gazette notification, approved by the District Collector nether authoritative proceedings dated May 23, 2026, noted that the cancellations were based connected the recommendations of the District Level Scrutiny Committee, Bapatla. The bid came into unit with contiguous effect, the notification added.
