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2009 Supreme(Bom) 1251

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
(AURANGABAD BENCH)
P. V. HARDAS & A. V. POTDAR, JJ.
Sandeep s/o. Manoharrao Waysal – Appellant
Vs.
State of Maharashtra & Ors. – Respondent
Writ Petition No.3 129 of 2009
Decided on : 22nd September, 2009.

Advocates appeared:
Mr. B. L. SAGAR KILLARIKAR, learned counsel for Petitioner.
Mr. N.N. JADHAV learned AGP for Respondent No.1.
Mr. U. S. MALTE, learned counsel for Respondent No.2.
Mr. S. N. PAGARE, learned counsel for Respondent No.3.
Mr. P. M. SHAH with Mr. S. P. SHAH, learned Senior Counsel for Respondent No.4.
Mr. S. P. SONPA WALE, learned counsel for Respondent No.5.

Headnote:Constitution of India - Articles 341 and 342 - Determination of locus standi - Application rejected as Scrutiny Committee could not review own decision - Caste certificate "tadvi bhil" issued to respondent - Contention, said certificate obtained by fraud - Once a complaint lodged it is for committee to consider and decide whether any fraud was played? - Committee directed to look into matter and decide. - Counsel appearing for the respondent challenged the locus of the petitioner to file the present writ petition as well as the earlier writ petition filed by the neighbour of the present petitioner.

       Considering the rival submissions across the bar once the complaint is lodged before the Scheduled Tribe Caste Scrutiny Committee, then it is for the Divisional Scrutiny Committee to look into the matter whether the caste validity certificate is obtained by practicing fraud on the Scrutiny Committee or not. In the premise, without touching to the merits, Court hereby quash and set aside the communication and remit the matter back to the Scrutiny Committee to hear all the parties concerned in accordance with law in the matter of complaint lodged by the petitioner about issuance of caste validity certificate to the respondent. For the expedite hearing, Court hereby directs the petitioner, and respondents to appear before the Scrutiny Committee and the Scrutiny Committee to decide the claim or allegation in the complaint of the parties within 6 months thereafter. It is hereby made clear that the order passed in the present writ petition is passed without touching the merits of the matter and all the points are kept open to be raised before the Scrutiny Committee.

       Rule is thus made absolute on the above terms with no order as to costs.

       

JUDGMENT :

A.V. POTDAR, J.:- Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith. Considering the small issue involved in the present writ petition about sanctity of the order passed by the Scrutiny Committee the respondent no.2 dated 13/03/ 2009, by the consent of the parties, the writ petition is finally heard at the stage of admission itself.

2. By the present writ petition filed under Article 226 of The Constitution of India, the petitioner herein has prayed for issuance of writ of certiorari to quash and set aside the order passed by the Scrutiny Committee the respondent no.2 Aurangabad Division Aurangabad dated 13/03/2009. The petitioner has also prayed for issuance of writ of mandamus for direction to respondent no.2 Scrutiny Committee to initiate fresh de-novo inquiry to ascertain the correctness of the decision of the Scrutiny Committee, Pune dated 13/05/2000 thereby granting validity certificate confirming the social status of the respondent no.4 as belongs to "Tadvi Bhill" Scheduled Tribe.

3. The facts which gave rise to file the present writ petition can be summarized as follows: The petitioner claimed that he is a social worker and voter enrolled with 5th respondent Municipal Corporation, Aurangabad. It appears according to the petitioner that the present petition is filed to check the growing tendency of certain un surplus personalities from non reserved category to grab the posts and benefits which are specifically reserved for various backward class category persons, which is a social evil and a fraud on the concept of constitutional and statutory reservations. The 4th respondent has obtained the caste validity certificate issued by the Scrutiny Committee, Pune on 23/05/ 2000 as he belongs to Tadvi Bhill, Scheduled Tribe. It appears from the perusal of this certificate that the said certificate of validity was granted as one Shri. Rafik Fakira Tadvi (respondent no.5) is in his near relation and the same is confirmed and accordingly the certificate of validity of the caste as Tadvi Bhill, Scheduled Tribe is issued in favour of respondent no.4. It further appears that on inquiry it revealed that the said Rafik Tadvi is unaware that in his name, Ayubkhan, respondent no.4, Aurangabad had filed an affidavit claiming to be the relative ofthe said Rafik Tadvi and had obtained validity certificate. It is also alleged that on inquiry with the Tahsil Office at Parbhani, the no caste certificate is issued in favour of respondent no.4. Certain other inquiries were made with the office of the Committee at Nashik as well as Aurangabad which reveals that the 4th respondent had submitted an application somewhere in the year 1995 for issuance of caste validity certificate. Alongwith the said proposal, the documents which were produced, these documents claimed to be the false, forged and fabricated documents including the false affidavit of 5th respondent dated 07/09/1995. One more affidavit is also claimed c) be filed on 8th August, 1998 which also alleged to be a false affidavit. It is also alleged that certain false record from the Village Panchayat of Satgaon (Dongri), Tq.-Pachora, Dist.-Jalgaon was produced by the 5th respondent alongwith his proposal for issuance of validity certificate. Thus according to the petitioner, the 4th respondent has obtained the caste validity certificate by committing the fraud and on the basis of false and forged documents placed before the Scrutiny Committee, Pune. In this background, an application-cum-complaint was moved by the petitioner before the Member Secretary and Deputy Director of Scheduled Tribe Certificate Scrutiny Committee, Aurangabad Division Aurangabad on 09/01/2009. Vide communication dated 13/03/2009, it was informed that the Scrutiny Committee has no power without the permission or direction from the Hon'ble High Court to look into the complaint/application filed by the petitioner and hence the application/complaint cannot be entertained and the complaint was rejected as not tenable which c



















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