Shweta Rani Singh v. The State Of Bihar And ORS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Letters Patent Appeal No.684 of 2016 In Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.14719 of 2011 ====================================================== Shweta Rani Singh daughter of Uma Shankar Singh, resident of Arfabad Colony, Nala Ke Par, Post- Gulzarbagh, P.S.- Alamganj, District- Patna ... ... Appellant

Versus

1. The State of Bihar through Special Secretary, Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms, Government of Bihar, Patna

2. The Scrutiny Committee, General Committee, Government of Bihar, Old Secretariat, Patna

3. The District Magistrate, Bhabua, Kaimur

4. The Additional District Magistrate, Bhabua, Kaimur

5. The Sub-Divisional Officer, Bhabua, Kaimur

6. The District Welfare Officer, Bhabua, Kaimur

7. The Block Development Officer, Bhabua, Kaimur

8. Sri Dipak Kumar, (Chairman, Principal Secretary, General Administration Department, Bihar, Patna)

9. Sri Prabhat Kumar (Member), Director, S.C. & S.T. Welfare Department, Bihar, Patna

10. Sri Sidhnath Ram (Member), Additional Secretary, General Administrative Department, Bihar, Patna ... ... Respondents ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Appellant/s :

Mr. D.K.Sinha, Senior Advocate Mr. Madhusudan Kumar, Advocate For the Respondent/s :

Mr. Niraj Kumar, AC to GA-10 ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY KUMAR TRIPATHI and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJEEV RANJAN PRASAD ORAL JUDGMENT (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY KUMAR TRIPATHI) Date : 22-11-2017 Heard learned senior counsel for the appellant and counsel for the State.

The learned single Judge has considered the claim of the appellant in quite a detail. The whole litigation has been initiated with the object of changing the status of caste of the present

Patna High Court LPA No.684 of 2016 dt.22-11-2017 2/2 petitioner from 'Kahar' to 'Kharwar' so that she can become a Scheduled Tribe and draw the advantage of reservation. Such dishonest litigations are not required to be encouraged. There are ample materials which have come after repeated remand and reconsideration at various level and the overbearing evidence and material shows that the petitioner belongs to 'Kahar' and not 'Kharwar'. The reason she wants to become 'Kharwar' is obvious. Appeal has no merit. It is dismissed.

(Ajay Kumar Tripathi, J) ( Rajeev Ranjan Prasad, J) Pawan/- AFR/NAFR N.A.F.R.

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