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D. KRISHNAKUMAR, P. DHANABAL
P. R. Kasilingam – Appellant
Versus
State Level Scrutiny Committee represented by its Chairman and Secretary to the Government, Adi Dravidar & Tribal Welfare Department, Chennai – Respondent
JUDGMENT
(Prayer: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue a Writ of Certiorari, calling for the records relating to the proceedings bearing No.10892/CVIII/2007, dated 29.03.2019 of the first respondent and quash the same.)
This Writ Petition has been filed by the petitioner to call for the records relating to the proceedings bearing No.10892/CVIII/2007, dated 29.03.2019 of the first respondent and quash the order passed therein, by issue of a Writ of Certiorari or any other appropriate Writ, order or direction and pass such other or further order as this Hon''ble Court may deem fit under the circumstances of the case.
2. The gist of the case of petitioner are as follows,
(i) According to the petitioner, he belongs to Scheduled Tribe community (Konda Reddis) and to that effect the Revenue authorities have issued community certificate dated 24.12.1976. The petitioner was appointed as apprentice Fire man in the Railway Department on 03.04.1978, based on the said community certificate. In the mean time, the Railway Department has sent the community certificate to the scrutiny committee and the same was pending for a long ti
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The importance of constitutional norms and the goal of achieving an egalitarian society.
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Prior final judicial decrees on community status bind Scrutiny Committee; executive cannot override via later cancellation.
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The court emphasized the necessity for fair inquiry processes and the principle of inherited social status in inter-caste marriages, ruling that the petitioner was wrongly denied Scheduled Tribe stat....
The judgment establishes the principle that SC/ST employees are eligible for benefits under the OM, dated 12.09.1990, allowing them to move to open category, and are entitled to receive consequential....
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