JUDGMENT :

RAJESH BINDAL, J.

1. The judgment¹ [Judgment dated 30.03.2015 passed in MAT No. 2117 of 2014] of the Division Bench of High Court² [High Court at Calcutta] is under challenge in the present appeal. Vide aforesaid judgment, the order³ [Order dated 25.11.2014 passed in W.P. No. 12426(W) of 2014] passed by the Single Judge was upheld.

2. The issue in the present appeal pertains to cancellation of caste certificate issued to respondent No. 15.

SET OF FACTS

3. Late-Ramanand Baraik sold 2.11 acres of land vide registered sale deeds dated 30.08.1983 to one Sanjay Gupta and two others. It was mutated in the name of the purchasers. Between 1980 and 1983, late-Ramanand Baraik sold more than ten acres of land to different persons. He was working as a driver with the Corporation.⁴ [The North Bengal State Transport Corporation, Cooch Behar] He was appointed as such on 01.01.1973 and was terminated from service w.e.f. 30.11.1987. As per the record with his employer, he belonged to general category. Ramanand passed away in the year 1991.

4. On an application filed by respondent No. 15