Karnataka High Court
Sangeeta And Anr vs The State Of Karnataka And Ors on 5 July, 2022
Bench: S.Vishwajith Shetty
1 W.P.No.201574/2022
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA
KALABURAGI BENCH
DATED THIS THE 5TH DAY OF JULY, 2022
BEFORE
THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S. VISHWAJITH SHETTY
WRIT PETITION NO.201574/2022 (GM-CC)
BETWEEN:
1. Sangeeta S/o Bhimanna Biradar,
Age: 23 years, Occ: Student,
R/o H.No.184A, Indi Road,
KGS No.08 Near Mahadev Temple,
Shahapeti Galli, Vijayapura,
Tq. & Dist: Vijayapura.
2. Shashikala S/o Bhimanna Biradar,
Age: 19 years, Occ: Student,
R/o H.No.184A, Indi Road,
KGS No.08 Near Mahadev Temple,
Shahapeti Galli, Vijayapura,
Tq. & Dist: Vijayapura.
... Petitioners
(By Smt. Hema L.Kulakarni and
Sri Manjunath Ginni, Advocates)
AND:
1. The State of Karnataka
Principal Secretary,
Revenue Department,
M.S.Building, Bangalore-560001.
2. The State of Karnataka
Through Under Secretary-2
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Social Welfare Department,
Vikasa Soudha, Bangalore-01.
3. The Tahsildar Vijayapura,
Tq. & Dist: Vijayapura-586109.
4. The Revenue Inspector,
Tq. & Dist: Vijayapura-586109.
... Respondents
(By Sri C.Jagadish, Special Counsel for R1 to R4)
This Writ Petition is filed under Articles 226 and 227 of
the Constitution of India praying to issue writ of certiorari
quashing the impugned Circular Vide No: ¸ÀPÀE 23 J¸ïJr
2009 dated 06.06.2020 issued by the respondent No.2 vide
Annexure-C; issue writ of certiorari quashing the impugned
endorsements dated 21.03.2022 and 22.03.2022 issued by
the respondent No.3 vide Annexure-F and F1 and to issue
writ of mandamus directing the respondent No.3-Tahsildar to
issue caste certificate in favour of the petitioners as Schedule
Tribe forthwith.
This petition coming on for preliminary hearing this
day, the Court made the following:
ORDER
The petitioners have preferred this writ petition with a
prayer to quash the impugned Circular vide Annexure-C
dated 06.06.2020 issued by respondent No.2 and the
impugned endorsements dated 22.03.2022 and 22.03.2022
vide Annexures 'F' and 'F1' issued by respondent No.3 and
further direct the respondent No.3- Tahasildar to issue caste
certificate in favour of the petitioners.
2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners as
well as the learned Special Counsel Sri C.Jagadish appearing
for respondents.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that
the dispute involved in this writ petition is covered by the
order passed by the Coordinate Bench of this Court in Writ
Petition No.201770/2021 and Writ Petition No.201711/2021
wherein in identical circumstances this Court has quashed
the endorsement impugned in the writ petition and has
directed the Tahasildar to issue caste certificate in favour of
the petitioner therein in accordance with law in the light of
the observation made in the order passed in the said writ
petition.
4. Learned Special counsel Sri C.Jagadish submits
that in the list of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe
published by the State Government it is seen in Sl.No.88(h)
that it is mentioned as Talawara or Talawara Boya and in the
case on hand the petitioners have not made it specific
whether they belongs to Talawara or Talawara Boya
community and therefore, the Tahasildar while holding an
enquiry is required to be directed by this Court to consider
this aspect of the matter.
5. From the arguments addressed on both sides, it
is clear that in identical circumstances this Court in Writ
Petition No.201770/2021 and in Writ Petition
No.201711/2021 disposed of on 02.02.2022 has held that
the person who belongs to Talawara community are also
entitled for the benefits in terms of the Karnataka Scheduled
Castes and Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes
(Reservation for Appointments, etc.) Rules, 1990 and also for
the benefit under Circular No.SWD 180 SAD 2020(P) dated
29.01.2022. This Court while quashing the impugned
endorsement has reserved liberty to the Tahasildar to hold
an enquiry before issuing the Caste Certificate in favour of
petitioner, though the petitioner had claimed that he was
already declared as Talawara community and therefore, he
was entitled for the caste certificate and more so having
regard to the judgment of this Court in the case of Kumari
Madhuri Patil and another vs. Addl. Commissioner,
Tribunal Development and others reported in AIR 1995
SC 94.
6. Having regard to the specific objection raised by
the learned Special Counsel Sri C.Jagadish, during the course
of enquiry the Tahasildar is required to take into
consideration as to whether the petitioners belonged to
Talawara or Talawara Boya community.
7. It is needless to state that the Tahasildar while
holding an enquiry pursuant to the order passed in this writ
petition shall take into consideration the said objection raised
by the Special Counsel and thereafterwards consider the case
of the petitioners for issuance of caste certificates in
accordance with law.
8. Accordingly, petition is disposed of in terms of
the order passed in Writ Petition No.201770/2021 and in Writ
Petition No.201711/2021 and consequently the impugned
endorsements dated 21.03.2022 and 22.03.2022 issued by
respondent No.3 vide Annexures 'F' and 'F1' are quashed and
Tahasildar shall issue caste certificates in favour of
petitioners in accordance with law and in the light of
observation made herein above.
Sd/-
JUDGE
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