^ HSGH COURT OF CHHATTSSGARH : B3LASPUR WRIT PETITJON iS\ HO. 1278 OF 2009 PETITIONER RESPONDENTS Kapii Banjare, S/o Shri Hasat Ram Banjare, aged ©bout25 years, R/o MIG 218, In front of Bharatmata SchooS, Tafibandh, Raipur. Distt. Rajpur (CG). Versus 1. State of Chhattisgarh, through Secretery. Revenue and Caiamity Management Department, DK5 Bhawan, MantraSaya, Raipur, Dist. Raipur (CG). 2. Chairman, Chhattisgarh Professiona! Examination Board, Raipur (CG). 3. C-ontroiler. Chhattisgarh Professional Examination Board, Raipur (CG). 4. Cojiector. Raigarh, District Raigarh (CG). 0/Vrit petition under Articie 226 of the Constjtution of jndia) Bench: Hon'bSe Shri Satish K. AgnihoSri, J. Present:- Ms Farah Minhaz, counsel for the Shri Y.S. Thakur. Dy. Adv. General forthe State. Shri Pankaj Agrawal, CQunsel forthe respondents No.2 & 3. GRAL GRDER (Passed on this 10th day of April, 2008) Learned counsei appearing for the petitioner submits that the petjtioner beiongs to Satnami under ScheduSed Caste catesory. The petitioner has a certiffcate issued by the competent authority or? 30-9-2002, which has been subsequently approved by the High Levei Caste Scrutiny Committee on 2-1-2009. The petstioner made an appilcation for appearing in the examination for appointment on the post of Patwari in Patwari Seiection Examinatlon, 2008 wherein the petitioner has marked as SC candidate. Admit card was issued showing the category of the petitloner as 'SC'. in the answer sheet by mistake, the petitioner has marked his caste as ST, however. after knowing about the said mistake. the petitloner immedlately moved an appiication on 20-2-20QQ for correcting the sald mistake. as the petitioner belongs to SC community. in view ofthe mentioning of ST category In the answer sheet, the mark sheet indjcating the category of the as ST has been issued by the Professional Examination Board and accordingiy the petitioner was placed in the iist of ST category candidates. -Z-— S 2) I have heard iearned counsej appearing for the partses. perused the pleadings and the documents appended thereto. It is evident that the petitioner beiongs to SC category in accordance with the certjficates issued by the competent authority as wed the Hi'gh Levet Caste Scrufiny Committse. Even in the appjication form. the petltloner has mentiQned his category as SC. Mentionlng of ST In the answer is apparently a mistake. The petitloner thereafter Immediately wrote a ietter to the respona'ent No.2 for correctlng the said mlstake. Thus, the mistake, v/hich has crept In on account of wrong mention of the category in the answer sheet inadvertentiy. may be corrected and the petitioner may be in the select !ist In the appropriate categor^ i.e. SC. 3) In view of the foregoing and for the reasons mentioned herein above, the petition is aStowed to the above extent. Gowrl Sd/- Satish K. Agnihotri Judge