JUDGMENT :-

R.V. RAVEENDRAN, J.

Respondents 1 to 3 claimed that they belonged to `Dhobi' caste, a scheduled caste in Bhopaldistrict of Madhya Pradesh, and secured appointment to posts reserved for Schedule Castes. The appellant, who was the President of the Schedule Caste Employees Association, made a complaint to the Sub-Divisional Magistrate that respondents 1 to 3 did not belong to any scheduled caste and had produced false caste certificates. The Collector enquired into the matter and gave a report dated 20.1.2000 holding that the caste certificates produced by respondents 1 to 3 were false. Consequently, the appointments of respondents 1 to 3 were cancelled on 20.4.2000. Respondents 1 to 3 challenged the report of the Collector and their consequential termination in WP No. 2666/2000. The Madhya Pradesh High Court directed that the caste certificates of respondents 1 to 3 be verified by the State Level Screening Committee in accordance with the decision of this court in Kumari Madhuri Patil v. Additional Commissioner, Tribal Development (1994) 6 SCC 241. The appellant, who had also approached the High Court, was permitted by the High Court to pursue his complaint against respond