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The petitioner, a 17‑year‑old student, sought a validity certificate for the Koli Mahadev Scheduled Tribe to secure admission in a technical institute. The Scrutiny Committee, after a vigilance inquiry, rejected his claim, relying mainly on a school record showing his grandfather’s caste as ‘Koli’ …
The petitioner, a student seeking admission to a law college, claimed membership in the Koli Mahadev Scheduled Tribe and submitted pre‑Constitution era school records of her paternal relatives as evidence. The Scrutiny Committee, after a Vigilance Cell inquiry, rejected her claim, discarding several …
The petitioner, Digambar (deceased), through his heirs, challenged a 2002 order of the Committee for Scrutiny & Verification of Tribal Claims that invalidated his claim to the Thakur Scheduled Tribe. The petitioner argued that he had been issued a caste certificate in 1991 and that his brother, …
The petitioner, Ku. Jyoti, challenged the order of the Committee for Scrutiny & Verification of Tribe Claims that invalidated her 1988 caste certificate claiming Thakur Scheduled Tribe status. The petitioner relied on pre‑constitutional records—birth‑death extracts, school registers, and an …
The petitioner, Vina Eknath Saindane, challenged the rejection of her Scheduled Tribe (Thakur) certificate by the Scheduled Tribe Certificate Scrutiny Committee, which had relied on a failed socio‑cultural affinity test despite her production of pre‑Constitutional documents showing her family’s …
The petitioner, Razia @ Dularia, claimed Panika Scheduled‑Tribe status by birth and sought to quash revenue orders that declared several of her land purchase deeds void. The revenue authority held the deeds void under Section 157‑B of the Uttar Pradesh Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act, 1950, …
The petitioner, Nanhki @ Naimunnisha, claimed Scheduled Tribe status and purchased agricultural land in Sonbhadra district, asserting that the sale deeds were valid and she remained in possession. The Deputy Collector declared the deeds void under Section 157‑B of the Uttar Pradesh Zamindari …
The appellant, Priya Pramod Gajbe, secured admission to an MBBS programme under a Scheduled Tribe (ST) seat, claiming membership in the Mana tribe. The Scrutiny Committee rejected her claim on the basis that she failed the Affinity Test and could not prove ancestral residence in the tribe's …
The State of Odisha appealed against a judgment that held the tribe "Kulis" listed in the Scheduled Tribes Order (Amendment) Act, 1976, includes members of the "Kuli" community. The issue was whether the term "Kulis" was a distinct tribe or merely the plural of "Kuli", which had earlier been listed …
Kavita Solunke was appointed as a teacher in an aided school in Maharashtra to a post reserved for Scheduled Tribe candidates, claiming to belong to the Halba tribe. Ten years later, a caste‑verification committee found that her father was a Koshti, a caste not listed as a Scheduled Tribe, and …
The appellant, a co‑employee of Mahesh Deorao Bhivapurkar, challenged a High Court order that had declared Bhivapurkar a member of the Halba Scheduled Tribe and directed the employer to accept his caste certificate. The Supreme Court held that the High Court's decision was unsustainable, did not …
The respondent, Suresh Ramkrishna Burde, claimed to belong to the Halba Scheduled Tribe and produced a caste certificate to obtain a clerk position at BHEL, a post reserved for Scheduled Tribes. After complaints, the employer referred the matter to the District Collector and a Scrutiny Committee, …
Prabhat Kumar Sharma, a member of the Lohar community in Bihar, claimed Scheduled Tribe status to obtain reservation benefits in the Civil Services examinations. The UPSC initially allowed him to appear as a Scheduled Tribe candidate based on a High Court direction, but later treated him as an Other …
The Supreme Court examined whether the Mana community in Maharashtra is a sub‑tribe of the Gond tribe or a distinct Scheduled Tribe, and whether state resolutions could alter the status conferred by the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order. The Court held that the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) …
Anjan Kumar, the son of a Scheduled Tribe mother and a non‑tribal father, obtained a Scheduled Tribe (ST) certificate on the basis of his mother's status and cleared the Civil Services Examination as an ST candidate, but was denied a final posting. He challenged the Union of India's refusal and the …
The State of Kerala appealed a Kerala High Court order that quashed charges under Sections 3(i) and 3(xi) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, on the ground that the victim’s family had converted to Christianity two centuries earlier and therefore ceased …
Sudhakar Vithal Kumbhare, a resident of Madhya Pradesh belonging to the Halba tribe, was promoted to Assistant Engineer in the Maharashtra State Electricity Board under a reserved post. The Board later reverted him to Junior Engineer, arguing that he was not entitled to reservation benefits in …
The Action Committee on Issue of Caste Certificate filed a writ petition under Article 32 challenging Maharashtra's denial of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe benefits to persons who had migrated from other states. The petition argued that the denial violated Articles 14, 15(1), 16(2), 19 and the …
