Supreme Court of India

Prabhat Kumar Sharma v. Union Public Service Commission and Ors.

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Reported as [2006] SUPP. 7 S.C.R. 522
Bench Ashok Bhan and Markandey Ka Tju JJ.
Decided 19 October 2006

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For the reasons stated above we do not find any merit in the civil appeal and the writ petitions and dismiss the same with costs throughout.

Judgment, page 12

From the headnote

Constitution of India, 1950: Articles 342(a), 348 and 341-Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order, 1950-ltem No. 20-Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Order (Amendment) Act, 1956-Entry 20-Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Order (Amendment) Act, 1976-Entry 22-Member of 'lohar' community in Stale of Bihar-Claim of. as member of Scheduled Tribe-Held: "lohar" community is 'Other Backward Class' and not a 'Scheduled Tribe'-There was ambiguity in the Hindi translation of the 1976 Scheduled Tribe Order­ Enli)' "lohara' in the English version of the 1976 Order which was slated to be 'Scheduled

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