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IN THE HIGH COURT OF ALLAHABAD
SARAL SRIVASTAVA
Shahnawaz Ali – Appellant
Versus
State of U.P. – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
SARAL SRIVASTAVA, J.
1. Heard Sri Shashi Nandan, learned Senior Counsel assisted by Ms. Shreya Gupta, learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri Ashok Mehta, learned Additional Advocate General for the State-respondent nos.1 to 5, Sri V.K. Singh, learned counsel for the respondent no.6, Sri T.A. Khan, learned counsel for the respondent no.7 and perused the records.
2. The petitioner by means of the present writ petition has assailed the order dated 09.06.2023 passed by the District Level Caste Verification Committee, District Muzzafarnagar (respondent no.4), the order dated 15.07.2023 passed by the Divisional Appellate Forum for Caste Certificate Verification Committee, Saharanpur Division, Saharanpur (respondent no.3) and the order dated 14.02.2024 passed by the State Level Caste Verification Committee, Department of Social Welfare, Government of Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow (respondent no.2), whereby the Caste Certificate of the petitioner belonging to ‘Kalal Community’ has been declared to be ‘invalid’.
3. The case of the petitioner is that the petitioner was issued a Caste Certificate on 04.03.2011 of ‘Kalal Community’ which is a Backward Caste. The petitioner contested the elect
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