Last week, the Allahabad High Court set aside a UP government order which designated Gond sub-castes (Ojha and Nayak) as Scheduled Tribes (ST). A Bench of Acting Chief Justice MN Bhandari and Justice Rajendra Kumar ruled that it was not permissible for the UP government to refer to Gond caste or its sub-caste Nayak and
Allahabad HC sets aside the UP Government’s order classifying Gond sub-caste under the Scheduled Tribe category
