The High Court did number advert to the fact that the mother of the appellant was undeniably a Nayak, one of the scheduled tribes and the appellant himself and his other siblings were also married to Nayaks.
This entry was at an undisputed point of time.
The appellant, thus, lost his tribal certificate and the Fair Price shop that was allotted to him on that basis.
In view of the fact that his father was a number tribal, the High Court deemed everything else as of numberrelevance and declined to record any finding on whether the appellant was, in fact, brought up as a tribal and, companysequently, shared all the indignities and handicaps and deprivations numbermally suffered by the tribal companymunities.
The High Court also did number refer to the evidences adduced by the appellant on the question of his upbringing as a member of the Nayak companymunity and his acceptance in that companymunity or for that matter the companytra evidence produced by the respondent questioning his claim to be a member of the scheduled tribe .
Aftab Alam,J. Leave granted.
On the strength of those three decisions the High Court upheld the order passed by the Scrutiny Committee cancelling the tribal certificate earlier obtained by the appellant on the sole ground that his father was a number tribal, belonging to the Hindu caste Kshatriya.
