JUDGMENT :

(Rajesh Shankar, J.) :

Office is directed to correct the designation of the respondent no. 3 as “The Member Secretary, Caste Scrutiny Committee-cum-Special Secretary, Department of Scheduled Tribe, Scheduled Caste, Minority and Backward Class Welfare, Government of Jharkhand, Ranchi” in the cause title of the writ petition.

2. The present writ petition has been filed for quashing the order as contained in memo no. 1053 dated 01.04.2022 (Annexure-6 to the writ petition) issued under the signature of the Member Secretary, Caste Scrutiny Committee-cum- Special Secretary, Department of Scheduled Tribe, Scheduled Caste, Minority and Backward Class Welfare, Government of Jharkhand (the respondent no.3) whereby the Caste Scrutiny Committee (hereinafter referred as “the Committee”) has cancelled Caste Certificate No. 6819 dated 31.10.2009 issued in favour of the petitioner by the Circle Officer, Town Circle, Ranchi treating the same to have been illegally issued.

3. Mr. Anil Kumar Sinha, learned senior counsel for the petitioner, submits that the petitioner belongs to ‘Bhangi (Mehtar)’ caste which was included in the Schedule of the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950 (in