Inclusion "Dhangar‟ in place of "Dhangad‟.

Earlier the Hon‟ble High Court of UP has passed order in the writ petition

no.40462/2009 of All India Dhangar Mahasbha Vs. Govt. of UP and others that

NCSC may decide the controversy over the Hindi version of Dhangar caste of UP.

The Commission asked the State Office, Lucknow to conduct an-on-the spot

enquiry and submit a report to the Commission on 17.10.2012.

The State Office, Lucknow conducted an enquiry into the matter. As per

report, the State Office visited the areas of Mathura and Agra districts of UP

wherein the Members of the Dhangar community are mostly resided. During the

inquiry, the evidence of 132 persons of Dhangar community were collected. The

evidence shows that the Members of Dhangar community are residing in that area

since independence of the country. They have ration card, revenue records, land,

electoral registration and other relevant documents mentioning name of the

Dhangar community. During the investigation, it is revealed that only Dhangar

community exist in the areas of UP districts of Agra, Mathura and other districts

and the practice of untouchability also exists in Dhangar community. No

community in the name of Dhangad existed in the districts of UP.

In support of existence of Dhangar community, the State Office found that

during the Census from 1961 to 2001, the Registrar General of India, MHA had

given Census figures of Dhangar community. The Gazette Notification dated

26.11.2007 issued by the Government of India and Secretary, Welfare of India,

letter dated 6.5.1998 also clarified that (Dhangar) community is notified

SC community in the list of SC of UP at the S.No.27 of notification. The

Government of UP vide its order no. 0744/26-77-17(21) 74 dated 29.8.1977 has

issued order that (Dhangar) is listed at serial no.27 in SC list of UP which

was also further clarified vide letter dated 15.9.2001. Moreover the Chief

Secretary, Govt. of UP dated 21.10.2008 issued instructions to all the Collectors of

UP that the Caste certificate in the name of (Dhangar) may be issued to

the members of that community. Thus it is observed that only (Dhangar)

in UP inhabited and no community in the name of Dhangad is in existence.

Hence, this is neither a case of deletion or addition to the list. This is rather

a matter of clarification resulting into replacement of an entry (with no inhabitants)

by clarifying another entry (which is in practice). Accordingly, it is decided that SC

certificates can be given only to „Dhangar‟ and not to „Dhangad‟.

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