High Court Karnataka High Court

Mahadeva vs Principal Secretary Dept Of … on 17 March, 2008

Karnataka High Court
Mahadeva vs Principal Secretary Dept Of … on 17 March, 2008
Author: A.S.Bopanna
IN THE HIGH comm cm KARNATAKA AT BAp;'<éAi;Q}é§ET'  ~

DATED THIS THE 17TH DAYQFf~1AR.CH' 2ékj3 ""T _' ,  

BEFORE  % _  
THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTJQE BoP;§,j§r::5.A&%V 

WRIT mrmou NO. 25§75;2go5((GMgCo)VAk

MAHADE'.'A .  
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DIRECTOR OF SCHEDULED TRIBES
. WELFIKRE AND PLP'P'fl'}LLi\'T"I§3 t'\U"i"ri(TvRi'i"I'

, BANGALORE, 2 FLOOR
KRIS}-II B}-IAVAN, HUDSON CIRCLE
BANGALORE

 3  DEPUTY C'-OMMISIONER AND CI-IARIMAN

DISTRICP CASFE VF)!"-'.iB_"iC3PCTi(f3'i\i
COMMITTEE. BIJAPUR

4 THE TAHSILDAR

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'i'I-HS wan' PETITEQN :9 9:999  ;  . 
227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF' END! WITH A;  .
QUAE-"EH  ORDERS ,--'r?r'~LSSE'.{}**'*§'fP--. PJ9€V=L !N._-,A.PFEA'- ND

GDP/BCM/A P-4-2001-9009 Da'*L'I'E_D 9*-29.712005 PASSED E? 'R9

APPELLATE £'\U"i"'riOt'%i'i":' '";'HEREB'?,V :.CG?3F'1RI%§!NG_ THE ORDER.

PASSED BY THE R3 DEPUTY' c0MMISsIOI§ER_'_~OF BIJAPUR IN
N0.'2.57$--2000-EGG-1 DATEE':-21.9.2000 VI  WHEREBY
WHO HAS co}99z12rgzED£;THE.,OIeOER'_--VvxOE:~ANx4O PASSED BY
THE R4 TAHA%3ILDFxR.1N rv19O;'OR4:4;*--1991; 1999-93 DATED
18.3.1993

SET ‘mpg;-._g.._V ‘ »

This ongfor hearing, this day, the
Courtimacle. VfO1iOwi::14g*~:_VV’ _ –

5 — -The 19étiiiO1n91* is béfore this Court seelcjxig for issue Of

‘ ‘~ ., g 5a§i’cxertioraH14iVViid’tV1uaah the Orders dated 29.7.2005 and

are at Annextwea-L and G respectively.

” have heard Sn’ S.S.KOti, learned 9 counsel

V ‘A for the pefitzioncr and Sri C..Jagadial1, learned I:

“‘..VOOui1scl for the 1~csponclent.Noa-. 1 to 4.

as $3.’.—._

3. Having heard the respective learned ~

perused the writ papem. –

4. The case of the petitioner t1i§itA~iie ia a

-…eid.e11t: of Chimmalagi vfl1age,””~Besavafi:a 13a*g’§’Av.}ra:;¢:.:.V,f1*:=.iu1¢, »

Bijapur Diet.-‘let. .A.-.1_y_1t_1i;1g to__ ‘1:»_etiti.¢j»1’ie1j_hevf%.~:a11d his

paxents as Wei’: as h’-s i’e:iz=.t.is?ee .3911′ or ‘Ambiga’
caste as ge11era1’iy’ Tue w.L*.ir.1n-__.r
has also the said iTv”i’ii’:5. It
is in that he belong to ST
categegy __’I’o;khri Kali’. He has aocoldingly
secured’ =t1:1:e» issued by the Taheiklar on

1Eg,f_l;i’3_81 _’o;n” tliatbasi-3, employment has also been

‘A «seen. Lie petitioner.

Wilen 111i’ w’*a me meifien, t…e is said to ‘

have vieéued a show cause no”e* cla’-rd 2.4.1992 and t..e

Cell, Belgaum has also initiated proceedings. ‘\Fv’h'”1

such notice was issued, the petitiener was befole this Court

in W.P.No.7670]1993. This Court had by its older dated

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22.3.1993 stayed the furt]1er proceedings in

1 any event, despite the petition K1′

1:. said to have passed the ¢me:o1s.3.t19§3;tj 1

Sauyequent thezeto, the matte1f_v4ha.=_zs been by the 2 1″

st” ‘v’e”‘Lt’1″”t?’.on ae”~t1_1c Appellate

6. Apart other eonteiifionatzraieeci by the _ Q.

being ‘e_’ntit1ec1 to the

caste “belongs to the caste, the ‘

petitioner». ptlmst a1sej–.u§ge;i” the plinciples of natural

-_i_oe the order has been passed without” ‘

and despite the pendency of the

petitioti ‘before this Cour’ b*i11g-‘oroufit. to .115 n..’ti.–e= _-_v’_n ._

x the sub”seque11t notice is meeivcti by the’pefifiofiEf :~.iflei’ “*-e? T-

t,.V”pIoeeedings was concluded by the Deputy Gonlmieaioner. in

any event, the ultimate contention raised by the petitionereis

that the caste certificate being issued on 15.1.1981 and.-“the

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SC] ST] OBC (Reselvation and Appointments) ‘

having come into three only on» K x

Velification Committee as well as;°;tl1e_A

eeI.-_d have exercised the juliecliiatgion enly 1’11 the r L’

caste eertitleate issue’. _eI….§.ter_}.1t:__,A”‘1;.._tt.1a”..tVl:1e eaiflgvdatef. In the

ixlstant case, the maid fact have exemieed

the ju1i:9;die1:ioI1,_:’It;1ore m- dmiien
Iendereq by ..11er;.et;1ie.7s36/2001. It is
coxateeded v_ * the Sqcial Welfare
Depee:;eeetAitee11<1.1;fee' e' notification dated 30.5.2007
stating ltthextzt tlie 'V Committee and the

Apyeflate Alltiiflfitjl we111cl not have jurisdiction in respect of

V eeee 1e-eeecl prior to 11.11.1993. 11. is the

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.ieS:1i1fig. wl1icl'1 1:-.*.r1–fir? 1:-…v.. t_,… juxieclieiion.

. The learned counsel fer the Iespexident-3 t".'1'11"._-11¢

to justify the order passed by the C.'-aete Veriiieetion

U fcommittee as well as the Appellate Authority, on the aspect

of the decision xendered by the Division Bench of-this Court,

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was not able to contend that, in the present oeee, *

Caste Verification Committee and: the »ei1the_1it§{

could have exercised jurisdiction departlnp o i

has issued the nofifiealioni ._v’i’!owever,V on imelitsv… weer . L’

‘Ni!-fllt-51-!£i–€’l–1. my the leanied the izeepfiomzidents that
the petitinner do-es. Pioi;–.V:t;eldh+hg;,:.p’.._, ‘4 Tribe as
claimed by teed eannot be
sustained i it

__ Theéigh: counsel on either side have

attemptetiéto to the validity or otherwise of ‘

t11e;c>21ste eeltiiieate evhieh would disclose the petitioner as

” .heioi1§ii1g the tiewheduled Tribe, since the–very question

V some at this junctuze.

9. Having said so, the question is as._ to vtrhether the I

Caste Vexifieaiion Committee the appellate authority

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had the jurisdiction in respect of the caste certificate

prior to 11.11.1993 ‘P In the presexnctiee, itjis

that the Caste certificate issued in hf is. 3

dated 15.1.1931. A Divisiciii-..:ViHe11chA’i:f__»iI£; WA” ”

Ne.?53f-42901 ha… Lpheld.

‘Single Judge of t1’T’s Cmirt 1.-.r}i’1’1″‘ifig’

:.’il’1″”€ 3!.-‘c1r.IIfi . ……..w..Lu…
Committee a11¢j:*ti__1e itotfid not have
ju1’isdictio1:1_…i11. ” eeesteét issued prior to
1 1.1 1 .1993. ‘ xa11t11o111y! which would
have the .1 i;»:v.y»_i’i.,.~r.a;;1s1i¢’ier the same. I Though the
Tahsflde1=._ had the notice, the pmoeedinge

were Witholtt and the same also -merged in-the

” hetbxebhete Verification and as such

we ‘1’ a.;eiL.e.fr»,whe 1:. he i-..e.1i._g s.=-.I.1t11_-:.r1’ity \.I_i.n:nu1t_l have to

foiipw due jzfimiess ii the ‘*I”u-:.’.=1′-.6″.-.-_’f”.’1″‘s m»… w

AAi1;i11ataea11aea11.

10. Though the leamed counsel for the petitioner

attempted to state that the benefit. of the not:i__ficatieI1_ dated

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Iurnwua {’11 ‘IA ‘
5-I’-I

1 1.03.2002 would be available to the ])EflZ’li’:iOIlE3I’-,~_4″E§]’11(‘$.f;’,:V ‘

already come to the conclusion thatthg ” K

Committee and the Appellate afithoiity winlltl ‘1;r;it

jurisclicfion, the oltlers i1npt1gi11 éd. i11 thifi

sustained :1_d. t11_e.1t.:.c;:__e the _q__ufe’:at_:i’ua1; as’ ‘t-9__wl1_éEtl1er the

th” “fi’fifi””fififi 111.13 ‘>n}32’M=v “16 be a miln,,1_

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be efit .,…….. -.._~_ _

to the petit1’o11e1’*–5tc. t;:;:+_cx–r:–é;4-;~:-a*.i+n a-.:1;.r if tI.,u.3

issuing aufl1.d1ityf(ihpwsés in itlifiziticiztititiil afiesh and no i

this stagg. {:’–

4…’!

171. £11 t11ai7;vi_é\az__T ‘c.ifgthe %mat’tcr, the ouieffi dam-u

29.7.2OO5L'”:’-1*-1Vc 1 ilnpugned in this petition cannot

J ‘ __ be’:L__é”us;tajncc1 aJ1d’t}1s”same are accordingly quashed. Hence

aspects of the matter open. the petition

.s* é 11§is of with no order as to costs.

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