ORDER :

1. The petitioner in the present petition has assailed the order dated 25.01.2020 passed by the High Power Certification Scrutiny Committee whereby the social status certificate of the petitioner of caste ‘Mahar’ (Scheduled Caste) has been cancelled.

2. Essential facts leading to filing the instant petition are that the Social Status Report of Scheduled Caste, particularly, ‘Mahar’ caste was issued in favour of the petitioner on 18.09.1984 by the Deputy Collector, District Durg, who was the then competent authority to issue Social Status Report. The petitioner was appointed as Attendant (Coil Binder), W.R. Mill, Packeting Section, Bhilai Steel Plant, Bhilai, District Durg (C.G.) by virtue of the said Social Status Report. A complaint was made by one Dinesh Baghel against various persons including the petitioner to the effect that they had obtained employment in the Bhilai Steel Plant on the basis of a forged caste certificate. An enquiry was conducted by the District Level Caste Scrutiny Committee, in which, it was found that the petitioner does not belong to the ‘Mahar’ caste, thereafter, the social status report issued to the petitioner was forwarded to the High Power Cas