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PAMIDIGHANTAM SRI NARASIMHA, MANOJ MISRA
Union of India – Appellant
Versus
Rohit Nandan – Respondent
JUDGMENT
PAMIDIGHANTAM SRI NARASIMHA, J.
1. Leave granted.
2. The Union of India is in appeal against the judgment of the Division Bench of the High Court of Judicature at Patna1 [In CWJC No. 12096 of 2022 dated 19.01.2023] allowing the writ petition filed by the respondent challenging the order of the Central Administrative Tribunal dismissing his Original Application filed against the decision of the Government disentitling his claim under the Scheduled Caste category. Following the recent decision of this Court in Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar Vichar Manch Bihar v. State of Bihar, 2024 INSC 528 we have allowed the appeal and directed that the respondent will continue to be of the OBC Category, belonging to Tanti caste and shall not to be treated as Scheduled Caste as per the notification of State Government dated 02.07.2015.
3. The short facts are that the respondent was appointed as a Postal Assistant in the year 1997 under the Other Backward Caste (OBC) Category on the basis of his 'Tanti' Caste Certificate.
4. The State Government vide Gazette Notification dated 02.07.2015 deleted 'Tanti' caste from the list of OBCs to enable members of the said community to avail benefits of Scheduled Ca
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