Quashed
Manoj S/O Wamanrao Sonparote v. Scheduled Tribe Certificate Scrutiny Committee through Its Member Secretary and Another
Bombay HCWP/2003/2014
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
The High Court quashed the impugned order rejecting the petitioner's claim for a Scheduled Tribe certificate, holding that discarding documentary evidence based on the sub-caste classification of the origin area was unsustainable after the States Reorganisation Act, 1956 removed such restrictions. The matter was remanded for a decision within six months.
What did the court decide?
Impugned order quashed; petitioner permitted to appear before the Committee on 22.04.2024 to have the claim decided within six months.