Srinagar, Dec 01: The Excessive Court docket of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has handed an interim order, directing the federal government to cease issuing caste certificates to members of Saini group until their standing as a socially weak and below privileged class is set, a media report mentioned right now.
In a case titled Members of Saini Neighborhood Th. Suksham Singh V/S UT of J&Okay and others, the court docket handed interim path that no certificates is issued in favor of any member of Saini group until any remaining end result, and added the certificates already issued shall not be given impact thereto, until the standing of the group is lastly decided.
Justice Rajnesh Oswal ordered that the certificates already issued shall not be given impact to in the meanwhile, as per Bar and Bench.
“Until the ultimate choice is taken by the federal government on this regard, no certificates is issued in favour of any member of Saini group and the certificates already issued shall not be given impact thereto, until the standing of the Saini Neighborhood as socially weak and below privileged class (social caste) is lastly decided by the federal government,” the Court docket directed, as per the report.
The Court docket handed the instructions in a petition filed by the members of Saini Neighborhood via one Suksham Singh difficult their social standing declared by the Authorities of Jammu and Kashmir as a weak and underprivileged (social caste) by the use of an order dated October 19, 2022.
The order below problem had amended the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation Guidelines, 2005.
The petitioner’s counsel Advocate Sheikh Najeeb argued that the federal government issued the order towards the needs of the Saini group which is an higher caste group and which isn’t thinking about claiming the advantages of reservation.
He additional submitted that there had been huge protests towards the reservation and the Saini group was up in arms towards their inclusion amongst weak and underprivileged class.
Senior Extra Advocate Common (AAG) Ramesh Arora who appeared on behalf of respondents submitted that the order to the extent of together with the Saini group inside the class of weak and underprivileged class has been saved in abeyance and the identical shouldn’t be operative in the mean time.
Accordingly, the Excessive Court docket disposed of the matter and granted liberty to the petitioner to method the Court docket afresh within the occasion any hostile choice is taken by the competent authority in respect of the standing of the Saini group.
The Court docket additionally directed to not situation any caste certificates to people belonging to Saini group.
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