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IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD
MOUSHUMI BHATTACHARYA, GADI PRAVEEN KUMAR
Chouhan Devanand – Appellant
Versus
State of Telangana – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Moushumi Bhattacharya, J.
1. The Writ Appeal arises out of an order dated 29.10.2025 passed by a learned Single Judge of this Court dismissing the Writ Petition No.16607 of 2025 filed by the appellants herein and directing the District Legal Scrutiny Committee (DLSC), Adilabad to verify the social status of the appellant Nos.2 to 7 in accordance with law while ensuring due compliance with procedural safeguards.
2. The appellant Nos.1 to 7 i.e., the writ petitioners before the learned Single Judge prayed for a writ of Mandamus declaring the proceedings culminating in the order dated 28.05.2025 issued by the District Collector, Adilabad District, cancelling the Caste Certificates issued by the Tahsildar, Itchoda Mandal, Adilabad, in favour of the appellants as illegal and arbitrary.
3. By the impugned order, the learned Single Judge held that the appellants had failed to produce evidence of ST-Lambada status prior to 1950 and the DLSC correctly concluded that the Caste Certificates issued to the appellants were false. The learned Single Judge further held that the appellants’ claim of belonging to the ST-Lambada community was primarily based on ancestral assertions, previous c
The court upheld the cancellation of Caste Certificates for lack of evidence supporting ST-Lambada status and confirmed adherence to principles of natural justice during proceedings.
The court upheld the cancellation of caste certificates based on a lack of valid documentation supporting claims to Scheduled Tribe status, emphasizing adherence to statutory due process.
Caste certificate cancellation requires adherence to natural justice, including the right to a hearing, as established in the Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes Regulation of Issu....
The Sub-Divisional Officer lacks jurisdiction to cancel caste certificates; only the High Power Caste Scrutiny Committee can do so after following due process.
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 main legal point established in the judgment is that the cancellation of a Caste Certificate must be done in accordance with the provisions of the Odisha Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Ba....
The Assistant Commissioner lacks jurisdiction to hear appeals against the cancellation of caste certificates by the Tahsildar, as the Tahsildar's actions were merely implementing the Committee's orde....
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