PRAYAGRAJ: The Allahabad High Court The Uttar Pradesh government has been directed to take a decision within two months on the representations seeking inclusion of the Bhar/Rajbhar community of Uttar Pradesh in the list. scheduled tribe (ST). Till now, this community was considered as part of Other Backward Classes (OBC) in the state.
disposing of a writ petition filed by Jago Rajbhar Jago Samiti And another, a division bench of Justice Siddhartha Verma and Justice Dinesh Pathak observed that since the Central Government has forwarded the representation of the petitioner to the UP Government, there would be no useful purpose of keeping the matter pending before this Court.
East, Agnihotri Kumar TripathiThe counsel for the petitioner had argued that keeping in view the past records, the Bhar/Rajbhar community should be treated as Scheduled Tribes, but the State Government has given them the status of Other Backward Castes (OBC). The members of this community are found mostly in the eastern part of Uttar Pradesh.
According to the petition, the petitioner had applied for inclusion through the sitting MLA. Rajbhar community of the state of Uttar Pradesh in the list of Scheduled Tribes (ST). The matter reached the Central Government, which wrote to the Principal Secretary, Social Welfare Department, Government of Uttar Pradesh on October 11, 2021, that it cannot process the matter till the time the Bhar/Rajbhar community is included in the list of Scheduled. is not proposed. Tribes (STs) were processed by the state government.
After hearing all the parties, the court observed that nowhere from the record does it appear that the petitioners had approached the appropriate authority of the State Government. Further, the Central Government’s communication dated 11 October 2011 further disclosed that the representations sent by the petitioners to various officers were forwarded to the Principal Secretary, Social Welfare Department, Government of Uttar Pradesh for action.
In its order dated March 11, observing that “under these circumstances, no useful purpose would be served by keeping this writ petition pending before the High Court, the Division Bench accordingly directed the Principal Secretary, Social Welfare Department, Government of Uttar Pradesh That in accordance with the law take a decision on representations sent to them by the Central Government within a period of two months.
disposing of a writ petition filed by Jago Rajbhar Jago Samiti And another, a division bench of Justice Siddhartha Verma and Justice Dinesh Pathak observed that since the Central Government has forwarded the representation of the petitioner to the UP Government, there would be no useful purpose of keeping the matter pending before this Court.
East, Agnihotri Kumar TripathiThe counsel for the petitioner had argued that keeping in view the past records, the Bhar/Rajbhar community should be treated as Scheduled Tribes, but the State Government has given them the status of Other Backward Castes (OBC). The members of this community are found mostly in the eastern part of Uttar Pradesh.
According to the petition, the petitioner had applied for inclusion through the sitting MLA. Rajbhar community of the state of Uttar Pradesh in the list of Scheduled Tribes (ST). The matter reached the Central Government, which wrote to the Principal Secretary, Social Welfare Department, Government of Uttar Pradesh on October 11, 2021, that it cannot process the matter till the time the Bhar/Rajbhar community is included in the list of Scheduled. is not proposed. Tribes (STs) were processed by the state government.
After hearing all the parties, the court observed that nowhere from the record does it appear that the petitioners had approached the appropriate authority of the State Government. Further, the Central Government’s communication dated 11 October 2011 further disclosed that the representations sent by the petitioners to various officers were forwarded to the Principal Secretary, Social Welfare Department, Government of Uttar Pradesh for action.
In its order dated March 11, observing that “under these circumstances, no useful purpose would be served by keeping this writ petition pending before the High Court, the Division Bench accordingly directed the Principal Secretary, Social Welfare Department, Government of Uttar Pradesh That in accordance with the law take a decision on representations sent to them by the Central Government within a period of two months.