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J. NISHA BANU, N. MALA
P. Venkatesan – Appellant
Versus
Chairman, Tamil Nadu State Level Scrutiny Committee- II, Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare Department, Chennai – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
J. Nisha Banu, J.
(Prayer: Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, to issue a Writ of Certiorari, to call for the records of the first respondent in its proceedings No.17430/CV-4(1)/2008-15 dated 05.02.2021 and quash the same.)
1. Seeking to quash the impugned order passed by the first respondent, the petitioner has preferred the present writ petition.
2. The case of the petitioner is that he belongs to Konda Reddis community which is classified as a Schedule Tribe and he was issued with such certificate by the Tahsildar in the year 1976 after due verification and enquiry. Several relatives of the petitioner also possess their case certificates stating as Konga Reddis community issued by the Revenue Authorities .
3. The petitioner joined service as Technician in the Department of Telecom. Subsequently, the petitioner got promoted as Telecom Technical Assistant, Junior Telecom Officer (JTO), Sub Divisional Engineer and finally as Divisional Engineer and attained the age of superannuation on 31.07.2016. That being so, in the year 2008, the District Level Vigilance Committee summoned the petitioner for enquiry with respect to the genuineness of his
Verification of community status after retirement is a wasteful exercise and purely academic, as emphasized by the Hon'ble Apex Court in similar cases.
The court emphasized the importance of following the guidelines for verification of Scheduled Tribe community certificates and upheld the impugned order based on the findings of the Vigilance Committ....
Repeated verification of community certificates for employees appointed before 1996 is impermissible unless fraud or procedural irregularities are established.
The State Level Scrutiny Committee has the authority to scrutinize community certificates and make decisions based on evidence. The court will not interfere with the Committee's decision unless there....
Prior final judicial decrees on community status bind Scrutiny Committee; executive cannot override via later cancellation.
Entitlement to a community certificate based on the validity of a family member's certificate and the lack of cancellation, in line with established legal principles.
The main legal point established in this judgment is that the State Level Scrutiny Committee must follow the proper procedure for verification of community certificates, including providing an opport....
The main legal point established in the judgment is that once the genuineness of a community certificate has been verified and affirmed, there cannot be a re-verification, and new material received a....
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