The Appointing Authority and another vs Bheemappa and another Writ Appeal 100110/2020 decided on 10 November 2020.
Judgment Link: http://judgmenthck.kar.nic.in/judgmentsdsp/bitstream/123456789/349067/1/WA100110-20-10-11-2020.pdf
Relevant paragraphs: 3…. Admittedly, the appellant-Bank has not sought for verification of the caste certificate furnished to the employer in the year 1985. That being the admitted facts, the moot question is whether the Caste Verification Committee could have suo motu initiated proceedings to cancel the caste certificate of respondent no.1 or to opine that respondent no.1 has furnished a false certificate.
4. On perusal of the *Karnataka Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and other Backward Classes (Reservation of Appointments, etc.) Act, 1990 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Act’ for short) and the *Karnataka Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and other Backward Classes (Reservation of Appointments, etc.) Rules, 1992, we find that no such powers of suo motu revision are vested in the Caste Verification Committee and sub-section (2) of Section 4-C of the Act stipulates the persons or entity who may seek for verification of the Caste certificate.
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