{
  "id": 8523326,
  "title": "Caste Hindu candidate claims reservation through bogus community certificate, Madras High Court refuses to order release of terminal benefits",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/19/caste-hindu-candidate-claims-reservation-through-bogus-community",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-19T19:35:42.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/caste-hindu-candidate-claims-reservation-through-bogus-community-certificate-madras-high-court-refuses-to-order-release-of-terminal-benefits/article71484580.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Madras High Court ruled against a Caste Hindu employee of the Chennai Port Trust (CPT) who had falsely claimed reservation through a bogus community certificate. The court found that the petitioner, A. Jegannathan, had joined the CPT in 1982 and served for 32 years, ultimately reaching superannuation in 2013, thereby depriving another person of their constitutional entitlements. Justice D. Bharatha Chakravarthy dismissed the petitioner's writ petitions and refused to order the CPT to release terminal benefits such as pension, gratuity, and leave salary. The court pointed out that the community certificate submitted by the petitioner was verified by the Salem Collector in 1983, who found that the petitioner was actually a Caste Hindu from the Urali Gounder community, not a Scheduled Tribe. The petitioner had filed multiple petitions over the years, with the last one being granted an interim stay in 1990. However, the SLSC, after reviewing the evidence, concluded that the petitioner had presented a fraudulent certificate with the intention of obtaining constitutional benefits meant for a genuine Scheduled Tribe. The High Court upheld the SLSC's decision, emphasizing the lack of opposition from the petitioner during the inquiry.",
  "summary": "Justice D. Bharatha Chakravarthy refuses to direct Chennai Port Trust to pay full pension and disburse other terminal benefits to the employee who had attained the age of superannuation after 32 years of service",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}