Allahabad: The Allahabad High Court has asked the Uttar Pradesh government to take a decision on representations seeking inclusion of Bhar/Rajbhar community in the list of Scheduled Tribes within two months.
As of now, they are treated as OBC in the state.
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A two-judge bench of Justices Siddharth Verma and Dinesh Pathak gave the order on March 11 on a writ petition filed by the Jago Rajbhar Jago Committee and another.
The petitioners 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 OBC status.
According to the petitioners, he had applied for inclusion of the community in the list of Scheduled Tribes through a sitting MLA.
The matter had reached the Central Government, which wrote to the Principal Secretary, Social Welfare Department, Uttar Pradesh on October 11, 2021, that it cannot process the matter until the proposal for inclusion is acted upon by the State Government. Is done
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. (PTI)
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