Supreme Court of India

Gowramma C (dead) by Lrs v. Manager (personnel) Hindustan Aeronautical Ltd. & Anr.

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Reported as [2022] 1 S.C.R. 734
Bench K. M. Joseph and Hrishikesh Roy JJ.
Decided 23 February 2022

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We are of the view that the appellant is entitled to partial relief.This is for the following reasons:- The appellant was employed by the respondent which is State under Article 12 of the Constitution of India.

Judgment, page 5

From the headnote

Service law: Back wages – Appellant was appointed as Staf f Nurse with the respondent – Enquiry was held against her th at she professed to belong to Scheduled Caste (SC) category bu t she did not belong to SC category – Tahasildar found that she did not belong the SC community – Single judge of High Court upheld the de cision of Tahasildar – Disciplinary Authority dismissed her service on the basis of decision of Tahasildar – Appellant appeale d against the decision of Single Judge – Division bench allowed the app eal and found that actually the power to rule on the caste status di d not lie

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