By Express News Service
JAGATSINGHPUR: The National Commission of Scheduled Tribes (NCST), on Wednesday, issued summons to Jagatsinghpur Collector Parul Patwari to seem earlier than it on June 2, 2022 for non-compliance of its order on non-issuance of caste certificates to a tribal villager of Odisso village underneath Jagatsinghpur tehsil.
As per sources, the tribals of Odisso belong to a sub-caste ‘Matya’, and thru their caste certificates, can avail advantages and job affords. Though earlier individuals in the neighborhood had been issued caste certificates with out being hassled, the current tehsildar has been refusing to take action and harassing us, alleged the tribals within the village.
Deprived of the certificates, a pupil Alekh Padhan was reportedly refused admission to engineering diploma course. He had utilized for the certificates on August 19, 2021 however even after not getting the doc, he acquired provisional admission into the course by submitting a petition with the OJEE authorities requesting them to permit extra time to submit the certificates. However, his admission was later cancelled as he couldn’t get the certificates.
Disappointed tribal chief Sankar Das filed a petition with NCST searching for justice in January 2022. The NCST directed collector Jagatsinghpur to conduct an inquiry and requested the administration to submit a report inside 15 days after receiving the letter. But the Commission didn’t get a reply. Earlier, Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi had directed the Chief Secretary to take acceptable motion concerning the problem of caste certificates to almost 300 individuals from tribal communities of Odisso village underneath Jagatsinghpur tehsil final April. But no motion was taken on the matter.
On Wednesday the fee issued summons to the Collector for private look on the matter. The NCST has additionally requested the tribal chief to seem earlier than the court docket on the identical date.
Contacted, Patwari was not out there for remark.