PRAYAGRAJ: Ruling that only the Central government has the power to include a caste in the list of scheduled castes, the Allahabad high court on Wednesday cancelled three government orders, issued between 2016 and 2019, through which 18 sub-castes from the other backward classes (OBC) were notified as the SC in Uttar Pradesh.
Allowing a PIL filed by Dr BR Ambedker Granthalaya Evam Jan Kalyan, Gorakhpur and others, a division bench comprising Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal and Justice JJ Munir quashed the three notifications dated December 21, 2016, December 22, 2016 and June 24, 2019.
