We have perused sub-section (1) of Section 10 of the 2000 Act and we find that it applies to admission to reserved seat in an educational institution and to appointment to a reserved post in the Government, local authorities, Government Corporations, Government aided institutions or co-operative societies and will not be attracted to the facts of the case. Instead, the consequences as provided in sub- section (4) of Section 10 of the 2000 Act will follow. Sub-Section (4) of Section 10 reads : "Notwithstanding anything contained in any law for the time being in force, a person shall be disqualified for being a member of any statutory body if he has contested the election for local authority, co-operative society or any statutory body on the seat reserved for any of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, De-notified Tribes (Vimukta Jatis), Nomadic Tribes, Other Backward Classes or Special Backward Category by procuring a false caste certificate as belonging to such caste, tribe or class on such false caste certificate being cancelled by the Scrutiny Committee, and any benefits obtained by such person shall be recoverable as arrears of land revenue and the election of such person shall be deemed to have been terminated retrospectively."
The consequence is that the election of a person who has contested on a seat reserved for the aforementioned categories on false caste certificate as belonging to such caste, tribe or class "shall be deemed to have been terminated retrospectively". The deeming provision in sub-section (4) of Section 10 of the 2000 Act is a statutory fiction which has to be given effect to and the Commissioner of the Municipal Corporation has given effect to the deeming provision and has thus acted in accordance with law.
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
Kalpana Dilip Bahirat Vs. Pune Municipal Corp. & Ors.
[Civil Appeal No. 4805 of 2013 arising out of Special Leave Petition (C) No. 19296 of 2013]
Dated:7 June 2013
