B.T.PUJARI Vs. VICE CHANCELLOR

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The petitioner is before this Court seeking for the following reliefs:-

(2.) The petitioner was born in Suthan Village of Chincholi Taluk in Kalaburagi District in the year 1952 and was appointed as a Research Assistant at University of Agricultural Sciences, Bengaluru in the year 1982 and subsequently as Professor in the University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad in the year 1997, the said University having been bifurcated into Dharwad University and University of Agricultural Sciences, Raichur the petitioner services came to be transferred to the Raichur University.

(3.) The petitioner claims to belong to Kuruba community which is synonymous to the Gond community in the district of Kalaburagi and as such he had obtained a caste certificate indicating that he belongs to the Gond community which was considered when his appointment was made in the year 1982.