Supreme Court of India

Bhubaneswar Development Authority v. Madhumita Das and Ors.

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Reported as [2023] 6 S.C.R. 590
Bench Dr. Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud and J B Pardiwala JJ.
Decided 2 May 2023

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the single Judge of the High Court was in error in issuing a d irection for reconsideration.

Judgment, page 11

From the headnote

Service Law – Dismissal from service – Cancellation of cas te certificate – Respondent obtained employment against a post which was reserved for the Scheduled Caste – Her caste ce rtificate was invalidated by the Tehsildar on the ground that she did not belong to a Scheduled Caste by birth and her marriage to a person belonging to a Scheduled Caste would not entitle her to benefit of the reservation for persons belonging to the caste of her spouse – Appellant passed an order dismissing the first respondent from the service – Single Judge of the High Court directed the appellant to reconsider

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