JUDGMENT :

Ravi Nath Tilhari, J.

1. Heard Sri Aditya Sharma, in person, learned Assistant Solicitor General appearing for respondent-1 to 3 and the learned counsel for respondent-4.

2. The petition was filed for quashing of order dated 15.10.2019 passed by respondent-2 Director Scholarship Section, Ministry of Tribal Affairs, New Delhi, by which the petitioner's claim for grant of scholarship under "National Fellowship & Scholarship for Higher Education for Scheduled Tribe Students", (in short called "the Scholarship Scheme") for the session 2018-19, has not been acceded to. The petitioner has further prayed that a direction may be issued to the respondents to grant him the Scholarship for the session 2018-19.

3. The prayers made in the writ petition are being reproduced as under:

"a. Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of certiorari to quash the impugned order dated 15.10.19 passed by Respondent No. 2.

b. Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding and directing the Ministry of Tribal Affairs through Respondent No. 2 to grant amount of Rs. 84,274/- for the session 2018-19 and amount of Rs. 39,274/- for the session 2019-20 in the favour of petitioner which petitioner was entitled to but could not get because of the foresaid acts of Respondent No. 3 and his assistants.

c. issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding and directing the Ministry of Tribal Affairs through Respondent No. 3 and his assistant to compensate the petitioner under Section (1)(vii), Section (1) (ix) and Section (2)(vii) of Prevention of Atrocities (POA) Act, 1989.

d. issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding Respondent No. 3 and his assistant and fine and prosecute same under Section (1) (viii), Section (1)(ix) and Section (2) (vii) of Prevention of Atrocities (POA) Act, 1989 for the foresaid acts of Respondent No. 3 and his assistants against the petitioner.

e. issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding and directing the Ministry of Tribal Affairs through Respondent No. 2, Respondent No. 3 and his assistants for not complying with the Hon'ble High Court order dated 16.9.19 and passing same order which was quashed by the Hon'ble High Court order dated 16.9.19 and for asking income details from DDO.CRO (ITBP) despite the fact that Hon'ble high Court has already observed and ruled in this context in the favour of petitioner. In this way by the virtue of foresaid act questioning, scandalizing and insulting the credibility of Hon'ble high Court but also questioning the genuineness of the affidavit that was filed by the petitioner.

f. issue any other suitable order or direction which this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper in the facts and circumstances of the case.

g. To award the cost of the writ petition in the favour of petitioner."

4. The petitioner is a student of M.B.B.S. 4th year in the Institute of Medical Sciences, Varanasi (in short called "the Institute"). He belongs to Scheduled Tribe category. He applied for the Scholarship Scheme under a Centrally Section Scheme, for the year 2018-19 but his application was rejected by order dated 12th June, 2019 of Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Tribal Affairs. The rejection was on the ground that as per I.T.R. for the year 2018-19 the gross salary of the petitioner's father Gorakh Singh was Rs. 6,02,785/-. The income criterion to be eligible for grant of scholarship, under the said Scheme, is that the total family income of a candidate from all sources should not exceed Rs. 6-00 lac per annum. In view of the guidelines, the petitioner was found to be ineligible and his application under Scholarship Scheme was rejected by order dated 12th June, 2019 passed by respondent-2 therein.

5. The petitioner challenged the order dated 12.6.2019 in Writ C No. 21914 of 2019 (Aditya Sharma v. Union of India and two others) which was initially dismissed on 12.7.2019. The petitioner thereafter filed an application for re