SC awards pension to Mumbai engineer who forged ST certificate
The Indian Supreme Court upheld the cancellation of a civil engineer's tribal status certificate after it was found to be forged. Despite the fraud, the court allowed the engineer to keep his retirement benefits due to his long tenure and an undertaking to waive future claims.
Why it matters
The ruling illustrates the complexities of judicial leniency in cases involving long-term employment fraud and the misuse of affirmative action quotas.
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court has rewarded a wrongdoer - a man who got appointed as a junior civil engineer in Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) by producing a forged ST certificate, and, subsequently, stalled the scrutiny of his eligibility for quota for more than a decade - by allowing him to superannuate in peace with retirement benefits.Shirish P Patil got a certificate in 1984 by identifying himself as belonging to the 'Tokre Koli' Scheduled Tribe community. Based on the certificate, he was appointed a junior civil engineer in MCGM in 1994.
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