{"id":136040,"date":"2010-12-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-12-05T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/rajani-s-vs-tahsildar-on-6-december-2010-2"},"modified":"2017-05-07T18:21:49","modified_gmt":"2017-05-07T12:51:49","slug":"rajani-s-vs-tahsildar-on-6-december-2010-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/rajani-s-vs-tahsildar-on-6-december-2010-2","title":{"rendered":"Rajani S vs Tahsildar on 6 December, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"
Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n
Rajani S vs Tahsildar on 6 December, 2010<\/div>\n
Author: Mohan Shantanagoudar<\/div>\n
IN THE HIGH COURT or KARNATA!-(A AT BANGALQRE\nDATED THIS THE 6\" DAY or DECEMBER 2019:\"-.._c'_i~~..Vv\n\nBEFORE :\n\nTHE HON'BLE MRJUSTICE MGHAN sHANIANA:Go'u:BAVR \"  \n\nWRIT PETITION No.32g7at'\/2o:j+t_;;\u00a7mI;'\u00a2c.')'~ \n\nBetween :\n\nRajani S\n\nWe Shivanna R\n\nW\/o Ramesh H\n\nAged about 36 years ._  ~\nR\/o BobuIi--HinchuIl_i ViI|age~--v..:\"i '\nP.O. Salur, Thirthahalli Tlaluk \nShimoga District.  \" \n\n ' ' . ' ..Petitioner\n(By Sri i(.'|'\\l%H.V \n\nAm:  - _ :_: _  ._\n\nTahsildan'\n\nThirthahallix'Ta[ui<   it\nThirthahalli ' '\n\n '~Sh5m_Q'\u00a7;.a Qistyrict. A'   ..... .. v ..Respondent<\/pre>\n
Vrsyl’sa~.a.  5331. GA.,)<\/p>\n
‘I”ii.is”‘Writ Petition is filed under Articles 226 & 227 of<\/p>\n
 Constitution of India praying to quash the endorsement
\n _ d_ated”8.7.201O vide Annexure-E issued by the respondent
\n _’ Eanrcficonsequently direct the Tahsildar to issue caste
\n7T=..__”cert;\u00a7ficat:e that she belongs to schedule caste as Bhovi in
\ni __’terms of the judgment of this Hon’ble Court in the case of<\/p>\n
Divisional Commissioner, Belgaum Division and Ors., Vs.
\nBhovi Samaja Seva Sangha, Sirsi and Ors., reportedning ILR
\n2004 KR page 1584.\n<\/p>\n
This Writ Petition coming on for prelimina’r–<\/p>\n
‘B’ group this day, the Court made the foIlowi.ng_”_’:–…V ‘<\/p>\n
okosg<\/p>\n
y    in * .\n<\/p>\n
Petitioner has sought fora dire(:t_ion to th7e..TVahsii’\u00a3;ia’ritog<\/p>\n
issue Caste Certificate to thelupnetlitionerll’certifying} that she
\nbelongs to Scheduled caste   ofthex judgment
\nof this Court V in th’e7:”A…ca’s’e  DIVISIONAL
\nCOMMISSIONER’j;\u00a7Er.c;iat1r\u00abir  OTHERS –vs-
\nBHOVI sAM;4j)xi;:”3E#i4–  5:.-es: AND omens ( ILR<\/p>\n
2003 KAiRl’15.s\u00a7:,). “iii-3′ ”\n<\/p>\n
2. ‘PetitiionerlVappigilecbfor Caste Certificate by filing an<\/p>\n
aPDlicati”on videi.,\/_-\\nnexlL*re.~’A’ dated 14.1.2008 before the<\/p>\n
  for issue of Caste Certificate, certifying that<\/p>\n
she’b_e|ong’s._toBhcovi caste. Pursuant to the said application,<\/p>\n
 the 1″‘ahsi_id’a-rfgot conducted the local enquiry. A mahazar<\/p>\n
 by the concerned Village Accountant as per<\/p>\n
 i.r’lf\\r2.ne><~u:re~' B' to the effect that the petitioner belongs to Bovi<\/p>\n
if ldfcornmunity. One more inspection was conducted by the<\/p>\n
to<\/p>\n
Revenue Inspector. During the said inspection, onemore<\/p>\n
mahazar was drawn as per Annexure~'C' to the <\/p>\n
the petitioner belongs to Bhovi community.  <\/p>\n
on the local enquiry and mahaza_r~~repori:sV,"lathei\u00e9fah_sild"a,r\u00e9u'<\/p>\n
passed the order as per An nexu re–:'"-E' dated <\/p>\n
effect that it is not possib'leV:""to isasue ~S,clr:ied'ti|'ed~ "Castei<\/p>\n
Certificate in favour of the peAti.tiVo'rier"-.a'nd.'th'at..sha may be
\nfurnished Category–1  based on Annexure–
\n'E', the certifica'te.__is gissaueld;  Ii;,..n:Vnexure–'F' dated
\n8.7.2010 to belongs to Bovi<\/p>\n
commu nVi,ty..(Cat:\u00e9gt:\u00ab:i:y:_1  l'<\/p>\n
3' mhis wi-it"pIet.iltio._n"~is:~"filed contending that Bovi as<\/p>\n
well as.Bh0vlia"ar_e syiion',\/rns: to each other and since Bhovi is<\/p>\n
'ivV'unde-rt:l"St;hed–u|ed'"Ca'ste category, the Tahsildar may be<\/p>\n
V'd_l_.rect_\u00e9'd certificate in favour of the petitioner<\/p>\n
indi'Ca_tiangg.th'eijei:n that the petitioner belongs to Scheduled<\/p>\n
 Caste.\n<\/p>\n
 The question as to whether Bovi and Bhovi are<\/p>\n
T -t’.,:vVsy’nonyms with each other or not is fully covered by the<\/p>\n
l\/3<\/p>\n
Division Bench decision of this Court in the aforecited case<\/p>\n
reported in we 2oo3 KAR 1584. In the said ;udgimert.t:,’~tethe<\/p>\n
Division Bench has held that the persons <\/p>\n
community shall be treated as befong.!ng to;’Bh’ov:i.’;vcoEnt4nunityA’ <\/p>\n
irrespective of the fact that the:’=.cas_te~\u00b0m’e~nt’i’o:ned iillliijnlatvhie<\/p>\n
certificate is “bovi”, or “boyi” “o_r””!.bhov\u20ac’-‘ V .<\/p>\n
5. Sri C.JagadishgulearnledlgiCtpicy\u00e9overnrnenit Advocate
\nappearing for the respondent_Vrei’_i’e\u00a7:V upo’nA–t;_ifie.’—judgment of the<\/p>\n
Apex Court in t’h’e’\u00abg1c;a’se  MAHARASHTRA -vs-<\/p>\n
MILIND Arvin orHEesj\u00a7'(ii.’iA”m’I.2691lsc 393), to contend
\nthat  by looking to the entries
\nin the Constitution”{Sc_hedu’i’eti Tribes) Order and no enquiry<\/p>\n
can be held no ev-idlence can be let in to establish the<\/p>\n
 “CaAst’e\/\u00a5Tr:i,b.e_~~i. If a groupis not expressfy included in the Order<\/p>\n
5.ctite:d’a,lge’dVV’Cajste\/Schedufed Tribe, the same cannot be<\/p>\n
allowed  ‘included after the evidence is fet in on that<\/p>\n
q.uest\u00a3of*ni.rThe aforementioned judgment of the Apex Court is<\/p>\n
  faV’lyAs’o_,_r’eferred to by the Division Bench of this Court in the<\/p>\n
 case of The Divisional Commissioner, Belgaum Division &<\/p>\n
\/~\/\\<\/p>\n
others -~vs– Bhovi Samaja Seva Sangha, Sirsi, & others ( [LR<\/p>\n
2003 KAR 1584) (cited supra). After considering\u00bb\ufb01zairioius<\/p>\n
judgments of the Apex Court, the DiViSiQ.fi:’–:fi’a.Sj<\/p>\n
concluded that the word “Bovi” is s_vn.o.n_ym .to””‘V’Ei’le’=..’jovi””..’_’_Sin-cell’ z<\/p>\n
the facts of this case are coveredybyf_’_’th’e ftvhie<\/p>\n
Division Bench of this Court, ‘the’~..same’V-needsto “he”–fol:’owed’.’Vl’<\/p>\n
Accordingly, the following orde,r_.i.sV:,’ma’d.eA : .<\/p>\n
\nThe writ petition   direction to the
\nrespondent    to Bhovi
\ncommunity  ceste mentioned in the
\ncertificateisi$oyi,:eii\u00e9ncejfeiorthgere”synonyms to each other.
\nConsequvently,Vn*e,ce.Vsl$abfy~V.:gicertificate shall be issued to the<\/p>\n
petitioner inldiciatinigi At\u00b0het”: the petitioner is belonging to<\/p>\n
 ” ‘r3,ch\u00a2fdlluieds. Caste (\u00e9hovij.\n<\/p>\n
5&5-\n<\/p>\n
IUB-$3<\/p>\n
 ‘jj  ??.b.!c\/nk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Karnataka High Court Rajani S vs Tahsildar on 6 December, 2010 Author: Mohan Shantanagoudar IN THE HIGH COURT or KARNATA!-(A AT BANGALQRE DATED THIS THE 6″ DAY or DECEMBER 2019:”-.._c’_i~~..Vv BEFORE : THE HON’BLE MRJUSTICE MGHAN sHANIANA:Go’u:BAVR ” WRIT PETITION No.32g7at’\/2o:j+t_;;\u00a7mI;’\u00a2c.’)’~ Between : Rajani S We Shivanna R W\/o Ramesh H Aged about 36 years […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-136040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-court","category-karnataka-high-court"],"yoast_head":"\nRajani S vs Tahsildar on 6 December, 2010 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/rajani-s-vs-tahsildar-on-6-december-2010-2\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rajani S vs Tahsildar on 6 December, 2010 - 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