STATE OF ORISSA Vs. DASARATHI MEHER

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Leave granted in SLP (C) No. 13172 of 2015, SLP (C) No. 13169 of 2015 and SLP (C) No. 13171 of 2015.

(2.) Whether the tribe mentioned as "Kulis" in the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Orders (Amendment) Act, 1976 in Schedule II in Part XII at Item No. 42 includes persons belonging to the "Kuli" community, is the issue which needs to be decided in the present group of cases.

(3.) Article 342 of the Constitution of India reads as follows: