RITA MAGANLAL ACHARYA @ RITA SUBHASH SHAH v. DIVISIONAL CASTE CERTIFICATE SCRUTINY COMMITTEE

Supreme Court of India · 10 Jan 2017
KURIAN JOSEPH; A.M. KHANWILKAR
CIVIL APPEAL NO(S). 302 OF 2017
civil appeal_allowed Procedural

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The Supreme Court directed expeditious disposal of a writ petition challenging a caste certificate stay order, emphasizing prompt adjudication without expressing on merits.

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CIVIL APPEAL NO(S). 302 OF 2017
(ARISING FROM SLP(C) NOS. 18902/2014)
RITA MAGANLAL ACHARYA @ RITA SUBHASH SHAH APPELLANT(S)
VERSUS
DIVISIONAL CASTE CERTIFICATE SCRUTINY
COMMITTEE & ORS. RESPONDENT(S)
JUDGMENT
KURIAN, J.
Leave granted.

2. The appellant is aggrieved since the order of the Caste Scrutiny Committee which upheld the claim of the appellant as belonging to Hindu Jogi has been stayed by the High Court.

3. Being an interim order, we do not propose to go into the merits of the matter. Since the fresh elections are due to be held around six months, we request the High Court to dispose of the writ petition expeditiously and preferably within three months from the production of a copy of this order.

4. Needless also to say that the writ petition will be disposed of on merits uninfluenced by any of the observations contained in the impugned interim order.

5. The appeal is disposed of. Page 2

6. There shall be no order as to costs.

7. Pending application(s), if any, shall stand disposed of ........................ J. [KURIAN JOSEPH] ....................... J. [A.M. KHANWILKAR] NEW DELHI; JANUARY 10, 2017.