Andhra Pradesh Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes - Issue of Community, Nativity and Date of Birth Certificates Rules, 1997

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    "title": "Andhra Pradesh Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes - Issue of Community, Nativity and Date of Birth Certificates Rules, 1997",
    "short_title": "Andhra Pradesh Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes - Issue of Community, Nativity and Date of Birth Certificates Rules, 1997",
    "act_number": "Published vide Notification G.O.Ms.No. 58, Social ",
    "act_year": 1997,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Andhra Pradesh",
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    "description": "Andhra Pradesh Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes - Issue of Community, Nativity and Date of Birth Certificates Rules, 1997",
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            "number": "1",
            "title": "1. Short title and commencement of Rules.",
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            "number": "2",
            "title": "2. Definitions.",
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            "content": "(a) \" Form \" means a form appended to these rules.\n(b) \" Act \" means the Andhra Pradesh (Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes) Regulation of Issue of Community Certificates Act, 1993 (Act No. 16 of 1993).\n(c) \" Competent Authority \" means the authority specified under column (2) of Annexure I appended to, these rules, for issue of certificates to the communities specified in column (1) within the territorial jurisdiction as specified in column (3) thereof.\n(d) \" Traditional Habitat \" of a tribe means the area in which a tribe or part or group of that tribe is found inhabiting traditionally, on the date of notification of that tribe or part or group of that tribe as a Scheduled tribe for the first time in the State of Andhra Pradesh.",
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            "number": "3",
            "title": "3. Community, Nativity and Date of Birth Certificates.",
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            "number": "4",
            "title": "4. Procedure for Application.",
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            "content": "(b) If the applicant is a minor, the parent/guardian shall submit the application form as mentioned in clause (a) above.",
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            "title": "5. Procedure for Verification.",
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            "content": "(b) If the Competent Authority feels that further enquiry is necessary, he shall then examine the school records, birth registration certificate, if any, and also examine the parent/guardian or applicant, in relation to his/her/their community He may examine any other person who has the knowledge of the social status of the applicant/parent/guardian, as the case may be. He shall take into account, in the case of Scheduled Tribes, their anthropological and ethnological traits, deity, rituals, customs, mode of marriage, death ceremonies/method of burial of dead bodies etc., before issuing the Community, Nativity and Date of Birth Certificates. The Competent Authority shall have power to call for further information and/or collect such evidence/document and also conduct such enquiry as specified in the Form IV, if deemed necessary, Notice in Form IV should be issued to the parent/guardian, in case the applicant is a minor, to appear before the Competent Authority.\n(c) The notice as specified in Form IV should give clear 15 (fifteen) days, from the date of the receipt of the notice by the parent/ applicant/guardian, to attend the enquiry. In no case, not more than 30 (thirty) days from the date of the receipt of the notice, should be allowed.\n(d) Where the person on whom a notice in Form IV is served by the Competent Authority fails to respond on the date mentioned therein, the Competent Authority may reject or confirm the claim of the person based on the document/evidence available with the Competent Authority (furnished while applying in Form I/II). He may also take into account any other material/evidence/documents gathered by him in that particular case. The Competent Authority shall cause enquiry, following due process of law, to verify the genuineness or otherwise of the information/evidence/documents furnished or recorded, from such persons as called for in the enquiry specified in Form IV. He may also cause to collect any other documentary or related evidence about the genuineness or otherwise of the information furnished by the persons called for in the enquiry.\n(e) The Competent Authority should give reasonable opportunity to the applicant/parent/guardian to produce evidence in support of their claim. A public notice by the beat of drum or any other convenient mode may be published in the village or locality to which the applicant/parent/guardian belongs. If any person or association opposes such a claim, opportunity to produce the evidence in person before the Competent Authority may be given to him or her. After giving such an opportunity to that person or association the Competent Authority may make such enquiry as it deems expedient and consider claims of the applicant/guardian/parent vis-a-vis the objections raised by his/her/their opponent.\n(f) The Competent Authority shall requisition the services of Mandal Revenue Inspector, Village Development Officer, Village Administrative Officer or such other persons as deemed necessary, to assist him in the enquiry to verify the veracity or otherwise of the community claims made by the applicant/parent/guardian. However the responsibility for issue or rejection of the claim shall rest on the Competent Authority only.\n(g) In respect of the tribal communities who are not \"traditional inhabitants\" of the area of territorial jurisdiction of the \"Competent Authority\", as specified in column 3 of Annexure I appended to these Rules, the Competent Authority shall make a reference to the District Tribunal Welfare Officer concerned to provide such professional assistance as available with him or with the Tribal Cultural Research Institute, Hyderabad, to confirm or reject the claim of the applicant.\n(h) The Competent Authority shall confirm or reject the claim for the Community, Nativity and Date of Birth Certificate, after conducting the enquiry as mentioned in the paras above, within a period not exceeding 60 (sixty) days from the date of receipt of the application by him in Form I/II.\n(i) The Competent Authority in the cases of doubtful claims, shall refer the matter to the Chairman of the Scrutiny Committee formed at the District level under Rule 8 i.e. Joint Collector of the District, for the recommendations of the Committee, with regard to the issue of the Community, Nativity and Date of Birth Certificate as applied for by the applicant. On receipt of the recommendations of the Scrutiny Committee, the Competent Authority shall accordingly confirm or reject the claims of the applicants.",
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            "number": "6",
            "title": "6. Burden of Proof.",
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            "number": "7",
            "title": "7. Scrutiny and Review Committee (State level).",
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            "content": "(a) (1)\nPrincipal Secretary to Government Social Welfare Department\n-Chairman\n(2)\nCommissioner, Social Welfare\n-Member\n(3)\nCommissioner, Tribal Welfare\n-Member\n(4)\nCommissioner, Welfare of Backward Classes\n-Member\n(5)\nInspector General of Police C.B.C.I.D. (P.C.R. & Vigilance\n\t\t\t\tCell)\n-Member\n(6)\nAdditional Secretary/Joint Secretary/Deputy Secretary to\n\t\t\t\tGovernment, Social Welfare Department\n-Member (Convener)\n(b) This Scrutiny and Review Committee shall meet once in three months or as often, depending on the necessity.\n(c) Presence of three members will form the required quorum for the meeting of the Committee.\n(d) This Committee shall review and monitor the functioning of the scrutiny committees at the District level constituted under Rule 8. It shall render necessary advice to the Government on various policy decisions to be taken for streamlining the procedure or on any other issues related to the issuing of Community Certificates as per Act.\n(e) The Committee may also render necessary guidance and advice to the Government on cases referred to it, where divergent and conflicting enquiry reports are received by the Government, in respect of the community claims.",
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            "number": "8",
            "title": "8. Scrutiny Committee (District level):",
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            "content": "(1)\nJoint Collector\n-Chairman\n(2)\nDistrict Revenue Officer\n-Member (Convener)\n(3)\nDeputy Director (Social Welfare)\nDeputy Director (Tribal\n\t\t\t\tWelfare)/District Tribal Welfare Officer\nDeputy Director (Backward Classes Welfare)/District Backward\n\t\t\t\tClasses Welfare Officer\n-Member\n-Member\n-Member\n(4)\nOfficer of the Research Organisation in the Commissionerate of\n\t\t\t\tSW/TW nominated by the concerned Heads of the Departments\n-Member\n(5)\nOfficer representing the PCR/Vigilance Cell in the District\n-Member\n(b) The Scrutiny Committee shall meet atleast once in a month or as often, depending on the cases referred to it.\n(c) Presence of three members will form the required quorum for the meetings of the Committee.\n(d) (1) The Scrutiny Committee, on receipt of the cases referred to it by the Competent authority under Rule 5(i), shall conduct enquiry regarding the doubtful claims, by giving notice in Form V to the applicant, within the period specified in the notice. This period should not be less than 15 (fifteen) days from the date of service of the notice on the applicant and in no case, on request, more than 30 (thirty) days should be allowed. This notice shall be served on the applicant through the Competent Authority who referred the case to the Committee.\n(e) The Chairman of the Scrutiny Committee i.e., Joint Collector of the District, shall send the recommendations of the Committee to the Competent Authority stating clearly whether the community claim of the person in question or his or her children, is genuine or false with reasons thereof, within 45 days from the date of the receipt of the case referred to it by the Competent Authority.",
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            "number": "9",
            "title": "9. Fraudulent claims.",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "10",
            "title": "10. Appeals.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "11",
            "title": "11. Review.",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "12",
            "title": "12. Revision.",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "13",
            "title": "13. Bar of Jurisdiction of Civil Courts.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 12
        },
        {
            "number": "14",
            "title": "14. Exercising or Powers of Civil Courts.",
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            "content": "(a) Receiving evidence on affidavit;\n(b) Summoning and examining any person or documents;\n(c) Making local enquiry and inspections.",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "15",
            "title": "15. Action on false certificates (Penalties).",
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            "content": "(b) Action under sub-rule (a) above against a person shall be referred to the Court of competent jurisdiction and will be initiated by the District Collector under whose jurisdiction the person obtained the false Community, Nativity and Date of Birth Certificate.\n(c) The District Collector shall initiate action under Section 13 of the Act against an officer who issued the false Community, Nativity and Date of Birth Certificate to any person contrary to the provisions of the Act.",
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            "number": "16",
            "title": "16. Validity of Community, Nativity and Date of Birth Certificate.",
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        {
            "number": "17",
            "title": "17. Procedure for issuing of duplicate Community, Nativity and Date of Birth Certificate.",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "18",
            "title": "18. Complaints.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "19",
            "title": "19. Provisional admission/appointment.",
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        },
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            "number": "20",
            "title": "20. Repeal.",
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        {
            "number": "21",
            "title": "21. Savings.",
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            "content": "Annexure I\nAnnexure I\nColumn 1 Specified Community\nColumn 2 Competent\nColumn 3 Jurisdiction\n\t\t\t\tAuthorities\n(1)\n(2)\n(3)",
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            "title": "1. BC Group:- A/B/C/D. All communities referred by the\n\t\t\t\t Government of Andhra Pradesh belonging to Backward Class, A/B/C/D\n\t\t\t\tGroups.",
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        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "1. BC Group:-",
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            "content": "All M.R.Os in the State not below\n\t\t\t\tthe rank of a Dy. Tahsildar.\nWithin the territorial\n\t\t\t\tJurisdiction of a Mandal.",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "2. Scheduled Caste:",
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        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "2. Scheduled Caste:",
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        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "1.\n\t\t\t\tAdi Andhra 2. Adi Dravida 3. Arundhatiya 4. Dom,\n\t\t\t\tDombara, Paidi, Pano 5. Madiga 6. Mala 7. Mala Dasari 8.\n\t\t\t\tMala Dasu 9. Mala Sale, Netkani 10. Manne 11. Panchama,\n\t\t\t\tPariah 12. Relli",
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            "content": "All M.R.Os. in the State not below\n\t\t\t\tthe rank of Dy. Tahsildar\nWithin the territorial\n\t\t\t\tJurisdiction of a Mandal.",
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        {
            "number": "3",
            "title": "3. Scheduled Caste:",
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            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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        {
            "number": "3",
            "title": "3. Scheduled Caste:",
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            "title": "1.\n\t\t\t\tAnamuk 2. Aray Mala 3. Arwa Mala 4. Bavuri [5.\n\t\t\t\tBeda jangam, Budaga Jangam] [6. Bindla] 7. Byagara 8.\n\t\t\t\tChachati 9. Chalavadi 10. Chamiar, Mochi, Muchi 11.\n\t\t\t\tChambhar 12. Chandala [13. Dakkal Dokkalwar] 14.\n\t\t\t\tDandasi 15. Dhor 16. Ellamalawar, Yellammalawandlu 17.\n\t\t\t\tGhasi, Haddi, Relli Chachandi 18. Godagali 19. Godari [20.\n\t\t\t\tGosangi] 21. Holeya 22. Holeya Dasari 23. Jaggali 24.\n\t\t\t\tJambuvulu 25. Kolupulvandlu 26. Madasi Kuruva, Madari\n\t\t\t\tKuruva 27. Madiga Dasu, Mashteen 28. ",
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            "content": "[All Tahsildars in the State not below the rank of Deputy Tahsildars] .\n[with in the Territorial Jurisdiction of a Mandal]",
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            "number": "4",
            "title": "4. Scheduled Caste Bariki",
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            "is_definition": false,
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            "number": "4",
            "title": "4. Scheduled Caste Bariki",
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            "content": "Scheduled Tribe Community: 1.\n\t\t\t\tAndh 2. Bagata 3. Bhil 4. Chenchu, Chanchuwar 5.\n\t\t\t\tGadabas 6. Gond, Naikpod, Rajgond 7. Jatapus 8.\n\t\t\t\tKattunkayakan 9. Kolam, Manner varlu 10. Kondhs, Kodi,\n\t\t\t\tKondhu, Desaya, Dongria Kondhs, Kuttiya Kondhs, Tikiria Kondhs,\n\t\t\t\tYenity Kondhs. 11. Koya, Goud, Rajah, Rasha Koya, Lingadhari\n\t\t\t\tKoya (ordinary), Kottu Koya, Bhine Koya, Raj Koya. 12. Malis\n\t\t\t\t(excluding Adilabad, Hyderabad, Karimnagar, Medak, Khammam,\n\t\t\t\tMahabubnagar, Nalgonda, Nizamabad and Warangal Districts.) 13.\n\t\t\t\tMukha Dhora, Nooka Dhora 14. Pardhan 15. Porja,\n\t\t\t\tParangiperja 16. Rona, Rena 17. Savaras, Kapu Savaras,\n\t\t\t\tMaliya Savaras, Khutto Savaras. 18. Sugalis, Lambadis 19.\n\t\t\t\tKulia 20. Yenadis 21. Yerukulas\nScheduled Tribe Community:\nDistrict\n\t\t\t\tCollector\nAll M.R.O.s in the State not below\n\t\t\t\tthe rank of Dy. Tahsildar.\nWithin the\n\t\t\t\tterritorial jurisdiction of a District.\nWithin the territorial\n\t\t\t\tjurisdiction of a Mandal.",
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        {
            "number": "5",
            "title": "5. Scheduled Tribe Community:",
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        {
            "number": "5",
            "title": "5. Scheduled Tribe Community:",
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        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "1. Konda Kapus 2. Kondareddys 3. Hill Reddys 4. Goudu\n\t\t\t\t(in the Agency Tracts) 5. Kammara 6. Kotia, Bentho, Oriya,\n\t\t\t\tBartika, Dhulia, Dulia, Holva, Pakio, Putiya, Sanrona,\n\t\t\t\tSidhopaiko 7. Reddi Dhoras 8. Konda Dhoras 9. Thoti (in\n\t\t\t\tAdilabad, Hyderabad, Karimnagar, Medak, Khammam, Mahaboobnagar,\n\t\t\t\tNalgonda, Nizamabad and Warangal Districts.) 10. Nayaks (in\n\t\t\t\tthe Agency Tracts) 11. Valmiki (in the Agency Tracts) 12.\n\t\t\t\tManna Dhora",
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            "content": "All Revenue Officers not below the\n\t\t\t\trank of a R.D.O./Sub-Collector or Asst. Collector in the State.\nTerritorial jurisdiction of a\n\t\t\t\tRevenue Division held by RDO/Sub-Collector/Asst. Collector.\nAnnexure-II\nAnnexure-II\nDetails of Forms:\nDetails of Forms:\nForm -I (Rule 5)\nForm -I (Rule 5)\nForm of Application for issue of Community, Nativity and Date of Birth Certificate relating to Scheduled Tribe under Section 3(1) and 3(2) of the Act 16 of 1993\nForm of Application for issue of Community, Nativity and Date of Birth Certificate relating to Scheduled Tribe under Section 3(1) and 3(2) of the Act 16 of 1993\n(Information to be furnished by the applicant himself supported by the documentary evidence)\n(b) Mother's name:\n(b) Community of the mother (including sub-tribe or sub-group)\n(a) a natural born son or daughter of his/ her parents.\n(b) adopted son/daughter of his/her parents.\nDeclaration\nDeclaration\nSignature of the Applicant. Signature of the Parent/Guardian.\nAcknowledgment Slip\nAcknowledgment Slip\nSignature of the Officer authorised by the Competent Authority\n(Name in capital letters) and designation, (affix seal)\nForm II\nForm II\nForm of application for issue of community, nativity and date of birth certificates relating to Scheduled Caste/Backward Class under Section 3(1) of Act 16 of 1993\nForm of application for issue of community, nativity and date of birth certificates relating to Scheduled Caste/Backward Class under Section 3(1) of Act 16 of 1993\n(Information to be furnished by the applicant himself supported by documentary evidence)\n(b) Caste (including sub-Caste) of the mother.\n(b) Religion professed by the mother of the applicant.\n(a) a natural born son/daughter of his/her parents.\n(b) adopted son/daughter of his/her parents.\nDeclaration\nDeclaration\nSignature of applicant Signature of the Parent/Guardian\nAcknowledgment Slip\nAcknowledgment Slip\nSignature of the Officer authorised by the Competent Authority (Name in capital letters) and designation (affix seal)\nForm III\nForm III\nSerial No.\nS.C.\nDistrict Code\nS.T.\nEmblem\nMandal Code\nB.C.\nVillage Code\nCertificate No.\nCommunity, Nativity and Date of Birth Certificate\nCommunity, Nativity and Date of Birth Certificate\nSignature:.............................. Date:.............................. Name in Capital Letters:.............................. Designation:..............................\nExplanatory Note.\nForm - IV\nForm - IV\nNotice to the Applicant\nNotice to the Applicant\nSignature and designation of Competent Authority. (Seal)\nForm - V\nForm - V\nChairman of the Scrutiny Committee (Joint Collector) (Seal)\nForm - VI\nForm - VI\nChairman of the Scrutiny Committee (Joint Collector) (Seal)",
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    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "Last Updated 23rd October, 2019 [ap245]",
        "Act Number": "Published vide Notification G.O.Ms.No. 58, Social Welfare (J2), dated 12-5-1997",
        "Enactment Date": "",
        "Act Year": "1997",
        "Short Title": "Andhra Pradesh Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes - Issue of Community, Nativity and Date of Birth Certificates Rules, 1997",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Andhra Pradesh"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:18"
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