new delhi andhra pradesh governor n d tiwari on friday approached the delhi high court against its order directing him to appear before a bench in a paternity suit filed by a man claiming to be his natural son the governor challenged a single bench order passed on november 25 directing him to appear before the court on december 16 he submitted before a division bench that he was exempted under the section 133 of the civil procedure code from his personal appearance grave prejudice and inconvenience shall be caused to the appellant tiwari and his office in case the effect and operation of the impugned order is not stayed advocate r s bakshi appearing for tiwari said the bench headed by justice a k sikri however refused to pass any interim order and posted the matter for further hearing on december 15the court had on november 25 refused to exempt tiwari from personal appearance saying that it was a family matter and he was not above the law the courts order had come on a suit filed by rohit shekhar grandson of former union minister sher singh claiming that he was born out of a relationship between tiwari and his mother ujjwala singh who was also associated with congress partythe 85yearold governor rubbished the claim and refused to undergo dna test when petitioners counsel had contended that the test would prove everything