State Of Maharashtra vs Milind & Ors on 28 November, 2000
14. In the above said case, the said Shri Suresh Ramkrishna Burde had obtained appointment in Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited, Hyderabad as a Clerk in 1982 by claiming that he belonged to `Halba' ST community. The Caste Certificate was cancelled by the Scrutiny Committee as it was found to be false. It was challenged before the Hon'ble Bombay High Court Bench at Nagpur and the said Writ Petition was, however, withdrawn with liberty to file a representation before the Competent Authority in view of the observations of the Hon'ble Apex Court in Milind's case. The said representation was turned down and the request for protecting his services was also rejected by the Department. Yet another Writ Petition was preferred before the Hon'ble Bombay High Court Bench at Nagpur and the same was disposed of with a direction to the respondents to reinstate Shri Borde with an undertaking that he will not claim any other benefits on the strength of belonging to `Halba' ST community. He was to be treated, in fact, as open category candidate as per Hon'ble High Court's direction. The said Judgment of Hon'ble Bombay High Court Bench at Nagpur dt. 4th August, 2004 was set aside by the Hon'ble Supreme Court with the above said observations reproduced hereinabove.