IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.11430 of 2011 Dhari Vikash Manch,247, MIG Lohia Nagar, Patna -20 through the Secretary of the Manch .....Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar through the Principal Secretary, Department of Social Welfare, Govt. of Bihar, Patna 2. The Secretary, Department of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe Welfare, Govt. of Bihar, Patna 3. The Rajya Mahadalit Ayog, Govt. of Bihar, Indira Bhawan, Patna through the Secretary of the Ayog 4. The Chairman, Rajya Mahadalit Ayog, Govt. of Bihar, Indira Bhawan, Patna....... Respondents ----------- 02- 15/7/2011 Heard Mr. Raghav Prasad no.I for the petitioner, and learned Assistant Counsel to Additional Advocate General no.14. This writ petition in the nature of a public interest litigation has been preferred for and on behalf of a social group/community/ sub-caste, known as `Dhari’ and seeks a declaration from this Court, or at least a direction to the State Government to consider their case for declaration as Mahadalit. 2. We have perused the materials on record and considered the submissions of learned counsel for the parties. It appears to us that the State Government had constituted a Commission to enquire into the issues raised by the present petitioner apart from other issues. On the basis of the recommendations of the Commission, the State Government declared that `Dhari’ community is a sub-caste of `Dusadh’, a community declared appertaining to the 2 Scheduled Caste. It thus appears to us that the State Government has considered the case of the petitioner and on the basis of the recommendations of a specialized body declared `Dhari’ community to be a sub-caste of `Dusadh/Paswan’. The same by necessary implication means that `Dhari’ community is not fit to be declared as Mahadalit community. 3. The writ petition is dismissed. ( S K Katriar ) ( Vikash Jain ) mrl