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Bombay HC: Caste scrutiny panel cannot reopen past caste certificate decisions
Updated On: 24 November, 2023 02:04 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Bombay HC ruled that State Caste Scrutiny Committee can`t review its own records, reconsider its previous rulings, or revoke granted caste validity certificates independently.
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The State Caste Scrutiny Committee is not empowered to independently review its own records, reconsider its previous rulings, or revoke caste validity certificates that have already been granted, according to the Bombay High Court`s ruling. A PTI report stated that the High Court stressed that the committee does not have the authority to review its own decisions in an order dated November 1, which was made public on Friday. The court claimed that giving the committee this inherent authority would result in a great deal of uncertainty and arbitrary actions.
The division bench comprising Justices GS Kulkarni and Jitendra Jain stated that the committee`s unbridled power to reopen cases that have already been resolved would lead to arbitrariness and unfavourable outcomes. Ten petitions from government workers contesting the committee`s suo motu rulings from the previous year—which nullified caste certificates they had received between 1992 and 2005—were the basis for the court`s ruling. These workers belonged to the Koli Mahadeo, Thakur, and Thakar groups, which are Scheduled Tribes.
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