Supreme Court of India

Anjan Kumar v. Union of India and Ors.

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Reported as [2006] 2 S.C.R. 209
Bench H.K. Sema and Dr. Ar. Lakshmanan JJ.
Decided 14 February 2006

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What the Court ordered

In the result, there is no merit in this appeal and it deserves to be dismissed with costs.

Judgment, page 11

From the headnote

Constitution of India-Articles 13, 14, 15(4), 16(4), 16(4A), 21, 341 and 342-Appellant is the son of a non-tribal father and a Scheduled Tribe mother- Appellant cleared Civil Services Examination as a Scheduled Tribe candidate c but was denied posting on the ground that he does not belong to the Scheduled Tribe community-Enquiry revealed that he is not a Scheduled Tribe-High Court dismissing the Writ Petition and appeal of the appellant-Correctness of-Held, the children of a tribal woman married to a non-tribal man are granted Scheduled Tribe status only if they have suffered social,

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