V.» @ (1% ’z “7/ % 1N THE HIGH COURT OF CHHAT‘TISGARH AT BILASPUR WP. (7 C) N0. gSSs‘ OF 2010 PETITIONER(S) : Chhattisgarh State Janjati Pardhi Samaj, through its President, J€et Ram Pardhi, Village — Murkut‘fa, Post — Hardi, Tahsil — Navagarh, Distt. — Durg (C.G.) VERSUS RESPONDENTS /: 1. Government of India, through its x Secretary, Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi. /2. State of Chhattisgarh, through its? Secretaly, General Administration Department, D.K.S. Bhawan, Raipur (C.G.) /3. Secretary, Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe Development / Welfare Department, Raipur (C.G.) /4. Tribal Research and Training Institute, Raipur through its Joint Director, Tribal Research and Training Institute, Raipur '(C.G.1 WRIT PETITION UNDER ARTICLE 226 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA / HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WRIT PETITION (C) No. 3555 01‘2010 PETITIONER(S) : Chhmtisgarh State Janjati Pardhi Samaj. VERSUS RESPONDENTS : Government oflndia & Others. WRIT PETITION UNDER ARTICLE 226 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA SB: Hon’ble Shri Satish K. Agnihotl'i, J. Present: Shri P S Koshy, Advocate With Shrl Vlnod Deshmukh Advocate for the petltloner Shn M P S Bhana Deputy Government Advocate for the State. Smt. Fouzia Mirza, Assistant Solicitor General for the Union of India. . ORDER ORAL (Passed 0n 19 day of July, 2010) By this petition, the petitioner seeks a direction to the respondents to take appropriate step and issue notification in respect of removal of ’ area restrictionon Pardhi (Shikari, Bahelia) at serial No. 36 in the liSt of Scheduled Tribes in the State of Chhattisgarh and fuither that the notification issued in respect of amendment in part XX of the Constitution (Scheduled Tribe) Order, 1959 in Fouith Schedule in the. State of Chhattisgarh at serial No. 36 in the list of Scheduled Tribes, whereby caste Pardhi (Shikari, Bahelia) notified in only some of the area in the State, be held as bad in law. 2. Smt. Mirza, learned Assistant Solicitor General appearing for the Union 0t Indla submits that the Govemment of India by letter dated 19 01 2009 (Annexure P/7) addressed to the petitioner has made clear that the recommendation of the State Government has already \ been processed as per modalities mentioned in para 2 of the letter dated 19.01.2009. Further, the matter has been refelred to the office of the Registrar General of India for its comments/views. The response from the office of the Registrar General of India is still awaited. Subsequently, the office memo dated 27.03.2009 was issued wherein it was further stated that the conn'nents/views nom the office of the Registrar General was still awaited and when the report is received, the same shall be considered and decided at the earliest. Thus, nothing survives for adjudication. Interest ofjustice would be subserved if Union of India looks into the matter after receiving recommendations/comments/Views from the office of the Registrar General of India, and thereafter, pass appropriate order on making appropriate declaration, in accordance with law, as early as possible. 4. In View of foregoing, according to learned counsel for the petitioner, nothing survives for adjudication in this matter at this stage. 5. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of. / ‘/// ’ Amit