The Calcutta High Court recently called for an inquiry into the genuineness of caste certificates issued in the "recent past". "One fake certificate enough to spoil the system," the Calcutta High Court said. The court also directed the Secretary of the Backward Classes Welfare Department, Government of West Bengal, to issue circulars to all district magistrates. The court has asked all district magistrates to verify caste certificates issued in the recent past and to devise an SOP at the state level. The division bench of Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam and Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharya said, "Petitioner has highlighted a very serious issue of fraudulent caste certificates being given rampantly by several SDOs in districts across the State of West Bengal to people of other communities as if they belong to a Scheduled Caste Community." The court also stated that the state cannot shirk its responsibility on such issues. ‘Highly Objectionable, Unwarranted’: Supreme Court Takes Suo Motu Cognisance of Calcutta High Court Order Asking Adolescent Girls to Control Sexual Urges.

HC on Caste Certificate

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