.... The respondent had in his nomination paper declared that he belongs to a Scheduled Caste (Lohar) and in support of his claim, had produced a caste certificate dated 16-12-1991 issued by the...Executive Magistrate, Indora, District Kangra certifying that he belonged to Scheduled Caste of Lohar. Only a few days before the polling, the appellant learnt that the respondent does not belong to Lohar...statement, he asserted that he belonged to Lohar caste (a Scheduled Caste) and was eligible and qualified to contest as a candidate for the reserved assembly constituency (35-Gangath). He also contended...

...community, he was promoted earlier to the petitioner.4. The petitioner, thereafter, filed representation stating therein, that he belonged to Lohar caste and as per the Presidential...notification as contained in Annexure 6, it has been notified that in the State of Bihar, the caste of Lohar or Lohra has been placed in the category of Scheduled Tribe. It is not in dispute that the...petitioner is a Lohar by caste. Rather, there are different letters and certificates granted by the authorities, from time to time, to show that the petitioner is Lohar by caste. The only controvarsy is...

...belong to Lohar caste, that was included in the Other Backward Classes at the relevant time. Lohar caste/tribe was, however, placed in the list of Nomadic Tribes (B) by the Government Resolution, dated...01.03.2006. The claim of the petitioner of belonging to Lohar caste was validated by the scrutiny committee and the scrutiny committee held that the petitioner belongs to the NT (B) category. However...original application solely on the ground that on the date when the petitioner was appointed, Lohar caste was not included in the Nomadic Tribes and was included in Other Backward Classes and the...

...question.3. The appellants, Assistant Teachers in the service of the State of Bihar belonging to Lohar caste, claimed the status as Scheduled Tribe under the Act and the...:“Lohar, as sub-castes of Barhi in Bihar, only work in iron. They are, however, distinct from, and do not intermarry with the Lohra caste. The latter are probably of Dravidian descent..., while former appear to be an occupational group.Lohar, a synonym for Kamar in Behar; a mul or section of the Naomulia or Majraut sub-caste of Goalas in Behar; a section...

...Backward Classes’ (OBCs) and he produced the certificate dated 29.5.2006 issued in his favour by the Competent Authority of District Sangrur certifying that he belongs to ‘Lohar’ caste which is recorded...’ caste is not included amongst OBCs in the Central List, instead, it is ‘Bhuhalia-Lohar’ and ‘Bhubalia-Lohar’ which are notified as ‘Other Backward Classes’ and since respondent No. 1 does not belong...between ‘Lohar’ caste or its other nomenclatures such as ‘Bhuhalia-Lohar’ and ‘Bhubalia-Lohar’ nor such a distinction could be pointed out by the petitioner-Administration. Consequently, a direction...

...claiming that he belongs to a ‘Lohar’ caste which has been notified as scheduled caste by the State of Himachal Pradesh and he was entitled to the benefits which were given to other scheduled caste...belong to the State of Himachal Pradesh. Admittedly he is a permanent resident of Punjab and belongs to Lohar caste which has not been declared to be a scheduled caste in Punjab and the petitioner cannot...29.11.1965 against a general vacancy post. He never raised the plea that he was a member of the scheduled caste category. The petitioner after his retirement from service filed the present petition...

...evidence adduced in the case that the appellant did, in fact, belong to the “Lohar” caste which has been declared as a Scheduled Caste in the State of Himachal Pradesh. Aggrieved by the judgment of the High...Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Ghumarwin certifying that the appellant belonged to a Scheduled Caste namely “Lohar”. The said certificate was appended to the nomination paper obviously with the sole purpose...and intention of making it known to the Returning Officer and all others concerned that the appellant is filing his nomination as a candidate belonging to a Scheduled Caste namely “Lohar” and it was...

...Gazette Notification No.689 of 2016 dated 23.08.2016 while including 'Lohar Caste in Scheduled Tribes List'. The appellant had obtained Scheduled Tribes Caste Certificate on 10.09.2016, pursuant to the...aforementioned Gazette Notification dated 23.08.2016 insofar as inclusion of 'Lohar Caste in Scheduled Tribes List'. 4. Inclusion of 'Lohar Caste in Scheduled...Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, under Scheduled Tribes Category (Lohar Caste) it was not noticed by the authority insofar as striking down the Government Gazette Notification dated...

...Sarpanch of Gram Panchayat, Garhi Langir was reserved for scheduled caste. However, on an enquiry being conducted by Tehsildar, petitioner was found to be belonging to Lohar caste which comes in the...belonged to Khatik caste. He contested the election on this basis and was elected as Sarpanch. On enquiry it was found that petitioner actually belonged to Lohar caste which was a backward class. All the...petitioner was suitable candidate for appointment as Sarpanch as he belonged to schedule caste category, being a khatik. He submits that instant FIR was registered prior to cancellation of schedule caste...

.... 3. The petitioner was granted a caste certificate that he belongs to the 'Gadi Lohar' community which is recognized as a 'Nomadic Tribe' under the Government Resolution dated 21/11/1961.... In the course of enquiry, the Committee found that the petitioner had produced evidence of belonging to the 'Gadi Lohar' community only in terms of the caste certificate dated 13/7/1989 and that...the caste certificate of his father which mentioned that he belongs to the 'Lohar' community. The Lohar community was included as a Nomadic Tribe on 15/6/2006. Prior to that it was treated as a Other...

...stated that Lohara, Lohra (Lohar, Lohara) was mentioned at Item No. 22 in the list of the Constitution Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe order amendment Act 1976 which has been listed at item No. 21...Lohar Caste claimed the status as Scheduled Tribes under the Scheduled Tribes Order of 1950 as amended by the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Orders (Amendment) Act, 1976. We need only...various associations of Lohar caste were repeatedly making representation and emphasizing that the word ‘Lohara’ was the English translation of the word ‘Lohar’. It is further contended that in Act...

...contents of this para need no submission being matter of record. However, it is submitted that the Julahas, Lohar caste etc. have been included in the State list of Scheduled Caste by the State Government.../Kabir Panti/Lohar and Jogi forthwith for all intents and purposes.”2. Respondents have filed the reply, wherein, in paragraph 9, it has been stated thus:“9. That the...

...issued by the Anchal Adhikari, Riga wherein he has been shown to be belonging to ‘Lohar’ caste under MBC category. The issue was enquired into and a report was submitted by the District Welfare Officer..., Sitmarhi. It was found vide Resolution No. 1170 dated 25.3.2010, the caste ‘Lohar’ was not under the MBC category but was under Backward category at the relevant point of time, in the year 1999 when...post of Agriculture advisor for the panchayat in question was reserved by roster for Most Backward Category (herein after referred to as ‘the MBC’). The petitioner has submitted a caste certificate...

...Standard in a school at Kalvan, Thane District, in the year 1982–83. In the School Register her caste was shown as Lohar. Her father obtained a caste certificate from the Tahsildar of Dhule District...on the basis of which he got a correction made in her school leaving certificate in the year 1983 thereby changing her caste from Hindu Non-Backward Class to Gadi-Lohar. And on the basis of such...his younger daughter Sangita changing her caste from Lohar to Gadi-Lohar in the school leaving certificate. After Sangita passed her 12th standard examination in June 1986, she applied for admission...

...of Scrutiny Committee dated 11.06.2012 invalidating his caste claim as belonging to Gadi Lohar community which is recognized as N.T.-B in State of Maharashtra. It is also not in dispute that earlier...Lohar caste was placed in O.B.C. category by State of Maharashtra and with effect from 01.03.2006, it has been treated as N.T.-B. 3. Shri Saboo for the petitioner...the caste has been recorded as Lohar. Government Resolution dated 23.06.2008 is pressed into service to point out that the State Government has 2...

...demand of dowry. He submitted that the petitioners belong to Lohar Caste, which is a Scheduled Caste, whereas the girl to whom the petitioner no. 1 wants to marry belongs to Brahmin Caste. He submitted...

...), whereby the caste ‘Lohar’ has been considered under Other Backward Caste (OBC) category, rather than Schedule Tribe. Further prayer has been made for issuance of direction upon the respondents to...declare the caste ‘Lohar’ under Schedule Tribe category in the light of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Orders (Amendment) Act, 1976 [Act No. 108 of 1976 issued by Government of India] (Annexure-1 to...Government of Jharkhand forthwith issue caste certificates of “Scheduled Tribe” to the members of ‘Lohar’ caste and provide the benefits of reservation in accordance with the reservation rules as also in the...

...revision. The reasons are based on the following facts:THE FACTS3. The petitioner claims to be a person belonging to “Hindu Rajput Lohar” community. He had obtained caste...13th January, 1986 declared that the petitioner did not belong to “Hindu Rajput Lohar” caste. Consequently, the caste certificate issued in favour of the petitioner was cancelled.4..., fresh enquiry was conducted and again adverse order came to be passed on 27th November, 1990 holding that petitioner did not belong to “Hindu Rajput Lohar” caste. Consequently, again it was held that...

...transpires from the pleadings in the writ petition is that the petitioner is a "Lohar" by caste and applied for the post of A.S.I. (Ministerial) with the Central Reserve Police Force (hereinafter...resident of Bihar State you are belonging to Lohar Caste and the facilities of Scheduled Tribe category have been extended to Lohar Caste by Bihar Govt. authority provisionally in the light of...subject to finalization of SLP and declaration of Lohar Caste of Bihar State as schedule tribe. In case the decision will not be in favour then your services would be liable to be terminated...

...to the applicants on the ground that Caste of applicants i.e. Lohar/Panchal is not included in the UT OBC list despite the fact that the caste of Lohar/Panchal is included in the list of OBC Caste...should figure both in the Central as well as in the U.T List. Applicant No. 1 had submitted a certificate of belonging to Lohar Caste which is not included in the list of OBC either in the U.T. list or...in the Central List. However, the caste of Bhuhalia-Lohar was included in the list of OBCs. Applicant No. 1 was directed on 11.10.2012 to furnish a revised / fresh certificate, upto 25th October...