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...educated. The caste of his father in the school records was shown as “Koshti” whereas the caste of his uncle was also shown as “Koshti” which was, however, later on corrected as “Halba”. One of his...whether “Koshti” is a sub-caste of “Halba” or “Halbi” came up for consideration before a Division Bench of the Bombay High Court in Milind...caste known as Koshti/Halba-Koshti, residing in particular in the Vidarbha areas, claim that they belong to the said Halba/Halbi tribe and are entitled to obtain caste certificates as belonging to the...
...refused to interfere with the order dated 20-2-2008 passed by the Scheduled Tribe Certificate Scrutiny Committee, Amravati. The Committee in turn had declared that the appellant was a “Koshti” by caste...inquiry, the school record of the appellant was also looked into which showed that the appellant's father was a “Koshti” by caste which caste was not a Scheduled Tribe in Maharashtra...18-10-1956 i.e extract of school entry in respect of father of the petitioner, wherein caste of father of the petitioner was mentioned as ‘Koshti’. Similarly, another document collected by the...
...paternal cousin had his primary education from the year 1945 onwards. The Scrutiny Committee vide its report dated 29-8-2001 found that the respondent belonged to “Koshti” caste and he did not belong to...research officer and after thorough examination of the entire material again passed an order on 29-8-2001 that the caste of the respondent was “Koshti” and he did not belong to Scheduled Tribe. This...that the order dated 29-8-2001 of the Scrutiny Committee, by which it was held that the respondent belonged to “Koshti” caste and he is not a member of Scheduled Tribe, attained finality. Therefore...
...is not specifically mentioned in the entry concerned in the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order, 1950?(2) Whether “Halba-Koshti” caste is a sub-tribe...Tribal Commissioner (R-5) which invalidated the caste certificate issued to him as belonging to Scheduled Tribe. It is stated that Raoji Koshti of Khapa town in Nagpur Tehsil had a son by name Bajirao who...Authority having held further inquiry and after considering all aspects, by a detailed order dismissed the appeal, clearly recording a finding that Respondent 1 belonged to “Koshti” caste and that he did...
...competent officer having been doubted, the matter was referred to the Caste Certificate Scrutiny Committee, Nagpur on 27-8-1999 for verification. The respondent was found to be belonging to “Koshti...” caste which comes within the category of “Special Backward Class” and not within the Scheduled Tribe category.4. The question as to whether “Koshti-Halbas” are members of the...following terms:“5. The appellant having belonged to Koshti caste claimed to be included in the Scheduled Tribe of Halba and obtained an appointment as Assistant Engineer...
...) 1 SCC 4 came to the conclusion that such status of Scheduled Tribe could not be conferred on those who were belonging to Halba-Koshti caste. The decision in that behalf rendered by the Division...) No. 6524 of 1988] decided on 12-12-2000 wherein this Court observed:“The appellant having belonged to Koshti caste claimed to be included in the Scheduled Tribe..., it was found that since a “Koshti” does not get the status of a Scheduled Tribe, the Caste Scrutiny Committee invalidated the said certificate holding that the respondent was a Koshti and not a Halba...
...caste was recorded as “Koshti (which is scored off) Halba” (Koshti), the Vigilance Officer submitted a report unfavourable to the appellant. The Vigilance Cell found that the appellant was a member of...“Halbi” sub-caste of the “Koshti” caste but does not belong to “Halbi” Scheduled Tribe.6. A copy of the report of the Vigilance Cell was supplied to the appellant by the Caste...that in some parts of Vidarbha in the old M.P region, in old records the sub-caste Halbi of the caste Koshti is recorded as Halbi which is popularly known as Halba Koshti and, therefore, this cannot...
...submitted by him. They further submit that this report disclosed that there were several relatives from the paternal side of the petitioner who were shown as belonging to Koshti caste in very old...relatives admittedly from the paternal side and whose names appear in the family tree submitted by the petitioner himself who claimed as belonging to Koshti caste and the validity has also been...granted to these two relatives to the effect that their Koshti caste is a specially backward class declared on 15.6.1995 by the State of Maharashtra. According to them, this overwhelming evidence, not...
...was perceptibly incensed with the falsity of the claim of the employee to Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe status. That was not a case where a legitimate claim of consanguinity to a “Halba-Koshti...Grievances and Pensions, Department of Personnel & Training to the effect that “it has been decided that the persons belonging to the “Halba-Koshti/Koshti” caste who got appointment against vacancies..., Nagpur shows that the Committee was satisfied that her claim to the caste of “Gadwal Koshti” was correct but that she did not belong to “Halba” Scheduled Tribe. The Government Resolution dated 15-6-1995...
...show that the father and uncle of the petitioner belong to the 'Koshti' caste. Therefore, she supported the order impugned and urged for the dismissal of the present petition. She has further...submitted that the petitioner has failed to prove that he belongs to the 'Halba' Scheduled Tribe, on the contrary, the documents on record depict that he belongs to the 'Koshti' caste.
3...claim. However, an entry in one document of the year 1942 pertaining to his father i.e. extract of the school leaving certificate in which his father's caste is shown as 'Koshti.' Besides, during the...
...submits that during the vigilance enquiry two documents showing entries of ‘Koshti’ caste were obtained and they were relied upon by the Scrutiny Committee although it was the submission of the...
...validity certificate granted to the petitioner on 25/06/1992 certifying that the petitioner belongs to Halba Koshti Caste. The petitioner seeks a further direction to the respondent No.5-Committee to...certificate to the petitioner certifying that the petitioner belongs to Halba Koshti Caste. The petitioner has challenged the validity certificate and has sought a remand of the matter to the respondent...certificate that the petitioner belongs to Halba Koshti Caste. The petitioner had applied for verification of his tribe claim. The petitioner had claimed to belong to Halba Scheduled Tribe on the...
..., in old records, subcaste Halbi of caste Koshti is also recorded as Halbi and that caste is popularly known as 'Halbi Koshti'. The Committee has applied affinity and even on affinity, caste claim has...been negated. During police vigilance the committee came across certain entries and noted that there caste was recorded either as Halba Koshti or Koshti. Because of this material deviation it...could not have proceeded to examine whether Halbi caste mentioned therein is included as Scheduled Tribe or not. He has also submitted that documents relied upon to hold that there are Koshti entries...
...Scrutiny Committee further held that the petitioner belongs to the Koshti Caste which is categorised under Other Backward Classes. The said order passed by respondent No. 3, came to be challenged in...not mention any caste of the petitioner's father. The Committee has noted that the documents at Sr. Nos. 6, 7, 8 and 9 in respect of the petitioner's father did state his caste as ‘Halba Koshti’. The...to the Koshti Caste, as was also stated in the School Leaving Certificate of the petitioner grand father (father's father). The Scrutiny Committee has also discussed at length the oral evidence brought...
..., Priya, in some of the documents, caste of forefathers of petitioner is written as ‘Koshti’. The learned Counsel submits that in view of a specific entry showing petitioner's forefathers caste to be Koshti...petitioners relatives from paternal side showing caste to be ‘Koshti’ on which Mr. Deshpande, learned Counsel relies, are concerned, perusal of the said document would reveal that though the caste of the said...now be represented by the Bhandara Zamindars, who, however, if this theory be correct, have entirely forgotten their origin. Others took up weaving and have become amalgamated with the Koshti caste in...
...has been decided to take action as under:A. The services of the employees belonging to Halba, Halba Koshti/Koshti caste/community, who were appointed...inclined to go for a verification of the caste status, bereft of any supporting materials in view of the lapse of long years.3. At para 18 of the common judgment dated 1..., the issues relating to verification of caste certificate and its validation, non-submission of documents for verification of the caste/tribe claims by the employees concerned have been persisting for...
...-Constitutional era documents of her blood relatives having adverse entries of caste 'Koshti'. So also, the Vigilance Cell found two blood relatives of her have obtained validity certificates that they...belong to the 'Koshti' caste. Therefore, the Committee called upon her to submit an explanation about the said documents and the validity certificate. After having offered an opportunity of hearing, the...petitioner's ancestors that belong to caste 'Koshti'. He has not made his submission on the said document. Likewise, while furnishing the explanation, he has not mentioned the issuance of two Caste Validity...
...]4. Leave granted.5. The appellant having belonged to Koshti caste claimed to be included in the Scheduled Tribe of Halba and obtained an appointment as...10. The High Court in this appeal noticed that the Scrutiny Committee had relied upon the extracts of the birth certificate describing the caste of the respondent to be Koshti and...Scheduled Tribe, being Koshti and, therefore, his admission was sought to be invalidated. At that stage the appellant approached the High Court. The High Court dismissed the said writ petition. Hence this...
...invalidation of the caste claim is available not only to the persons belonging to “Koshti” and “Halba Koshti”, but is also available to the persons belonging to the Special Backward Class category on the same.../Koshti caste/community against vacancies reserved for the Scheduled Tribes; representations received — Regarding...Scheduled Tribe for Maharashtra). The first respondent claimed the benefit of belonging to a Schedule Tribe on the basis of a caste certificate dated 17-8-1984 issued by the Executive Magistrate, Hingna...
...“Koshti” caste could claim the benefit of ST reservation on the ground that it was a sub-tribe of “Halba” [Entry 19 in Part IX of the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order, 1950]. This Court held that...-Koshti” could be considered as “Halba”. In Vishwanatha Pillai (2004) 2 SCC 105, the candidate's caste certificate was cancelled merely as a consequence of cancellation of his father's caste certificate...benefit of reservation alleging that he belonged to “Mahadeo Koli”, a Scheduled Tribe. The Scrutiny Committee which verified the validity of his caste certificate, made an order dated 29-3-1995 rejecting...