This writ petition raises an important issue about issuance of Other Backward Class certificate to the children of single mothers, where the mother belongs to the Other Backward Class category. The claim of the petitioner is that the certificate should be issued on the basis of the certificate held by the single mother.
The grievance of the petitioner is that the present guidelines provide for considering the Other Backward Class certificate issued to any paternal blood relatives as the basis. According to the petitioner, this causes grave hardship to the single mothers. Referring to the judgment passed by the Supreme Court in Rameshbhai Dabhai Naika v. State of Gujarat, (2012) 3 SCC 400, wherein observations were made with regard to single mothers belonging to the SC/ST categories, the Additional Solicitor General submitted that similar guidelines would have to be laid down in the present matter also.
The Bench of H.M.J. K.V. Viswanathan and H.M.J. N.S. Singh considering the importance of the matter, posted it for final hearing and granted liberty to the petitioner to serve a copy of the petition on the Standing Counsel for all the States to enable them to put in appearance and place their point of views.
The matter will come up for final hearing on 22nd July 2025.
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