Supreme Court of India

Union of India & Ors. v. Rohit Nandan

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Reported as [2024] 12 S.C.R. 617
Bench Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha and Manoj Misra JJ.
Decided 13 December 2024

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above, we allow the appeal, set aside the judgment of the High Court in CWJC No. 12096 of 2022 dated 19.01.2023 and restore the judgment and order of the Central Administrative Tribunal dated 01.04.2022 dismissing the Original Application filed by the respondent.

Judgment, page 10

From the headnote

Issue for Consideration Issue arose as regards entitlement of respondent-employee’s claim to the benefit of Scheduled Caste category, when the respondent appointed on the basis of his ‘Tanti’ Caste Certificate, the ‘Tanti’ caste was deleted from the list of OBCs and merged with Pan/ Swasi caste in the list of Scheduled Castes. Headnotes† Constitution of India – Art.341 – Scheduled Castes list – Merging of caste “Tanti” with the caste ‘Pan/Sawasi’ in the list of Scheduled Castes – Entitlement of employee’s claim to the benefit of Scheduled Caste category – Appointment of the

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