Union Of India And Ors vs Dudh Nath Prasad on 4 January, 2000
17. Dudh Nath Prasad (supra) was a case in which
the appellant was selected under the reserved category to the
Indian Administrative Service & Allied Services by the U.P.S.C.
The appellant had obtained the certificate from the State of West
Bengal wherein his parents were residing for more than 30
years. There was a doubt raised about his entitlement under the
reserved category only by reason of the fact that the appellant
had studied in the State of Bihar and his parents had a property
in Siwan, in Bihar; which was negatived by the Hon'ble
Supreme Court. Therein a person with roots in West Bengal,
where his parents had been residing for long had applied and
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obtained a caste certificate from his native State and applied to
the U.P.S.C for an all India service; not in any manner similar to
the case herein.