In Brief
An employee hired at Bhilai Steel Plant in 1995 based on a Scheduled Tribe caste certificate was later found by a scrutiny committee to actually belong to an OBC (Halba/Koshti) community. The certificate was cancelled and his service terminated. The High Court granted relief citing Milind v. State of Maharashtra, but the Supreme Court held that Milind applied only to educational admissions, not fraudulently secured employment. The Court allowed the appeal, holding that an OBC cannot occupy a post reserved for Scheduled Tribes, though already-paid salaries need not be recovered.
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