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The caste 'Konda Raju' cannot be equated to the Tribe 'Konda Dora'. The legal position on this aspect is very clear.

In Sirish Kumar Choudhary v. State of Tripura the Supreme Court held that the entries in the Presidential Order have to be taken as final and the scope of enquiry and admissibility of evidence is confined to showing what an entry in the Presidential Order is intended to mean. It is not open to the Court to make any addition or subtraction from the Presidential Order.

In Pankaj Kumar Saha v. Sub-Divisional Officer the Supreme Court held that the Court is devoid of power to include in or exclude from or substitute or declare synonymous to be a Scheduled Caste of Scheduled Tribe. The Courts would only look into the notification issued by the President to see whether the name finds place in the notification? In the absence of any caste in the Presidential notification the certificate issued to such person is clearly unconstitutional and a fraud on the Constitution and such person cannot be considered to belong to Scheduled Caste.