{"id":20382,"date":"2026-09-04T20:27:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T20:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=20382"},"modified":"2026-09-04T20:27:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T20:27:14","slug":"sc-awards-pension-to-mumbai-engineer-who-forged-st-certificate-india-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=20382","title":{"rendered":"SC awards pension to Mumbai engineer who forged ST certificate | India News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-133777567,imgsize-944880,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/file-photo.jpg\" alt=\"SC awards pension to Mumbai engineer who forged ST certificate\" title=\"SC allowed him to superannuate in peace with retirement benefits\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"SC allowed him to superannuate in peace with retirement benefits\">SC allowed him to superannuate in peace with retirement benefits<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/supreme-court\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Supreme Court<\/a> has rewarded a wrongdoer &#8211; 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 &#8211; by allowing him to superannuate in peace with retirement benefits.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>Shirish P Patil got a certificate in 1984 by identifying himself as belonging to the &#8216;Tokre Koli&#8217; Scheduled Tribe community. Based on the certificate, he was appointed a junior civil engineer in MCGM in 1994. He misplaced the original ST certificate but managed to secure a fresh one from the sub-divisional magistrate, Bhusawal division, in Oct 2000.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>Following scrutiny initiated by MCGM, the Police Vigilance Cell traced Patil&#8217;s family history and found that his ancestors had been recorded as &#8216;Koli&#8217;, &#8216;Hindu Koli&#8217; and &#8216;Hindu Suryawanshi Koli&#8217;, none of which belonged to the ST category. <!-- -->In July 2009, MCGM issued a show cause notice to Patil.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"11\"\/>He successfully dodged and delayed proceedings before the scrutiny committee until Jan 2020, when the panel rejected his plea that his lawyer and elderly family members were not available, and invalidated the ST certificate. HC dismissed his appeal against cancellation of ST status.<\/p>\n<div data-type=\"in_view\" class=\"  \">\n<div class=\"LEzX4\">\n<div class=\"PmOGb\">\n<p class=\"PSf84\">Share your thoughts in the comments<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Insightful<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Agree<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Disagree<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Skeptical<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Concerning<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Promising<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Worth Reading<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Big Development<\/button><\/p>\n<p><textarea class=\"T9MbS\" rows=\"1\" placeholder=\"Add your Thoughts...\"\/><button type=\"button\" class=\"ZW6JD \" disabled=\"\">Post Comment<\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"swnca\">Be respectful \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatimes.com\/termsandcondition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"gkv0P\">TOI community guidelines<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/>SC, however, stayed Patil&#8217;s dismissal from service through an interim order on Nov 18, 2021. As a result, the engineer continued to serve until June 30, 2025, when he retired after being employed with MCGM for more than three decades based on a forged ST certificate.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"18\"\/>A bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and Vipul M Pancholi Thursday upheld the cancellation of Patil&#8217;s ST certificate and Bombay HC order. However, it took a lenient view given his undertaking that he or any of his family members &#8220;shall (not) be entitled to claim any future benefit on the basis of the invalidated ST certificate&#8221;.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"20\"\/>The ruling contrasts with SC&#8217;s consistent rulings against benefits accruing to people who forge SC or ST certificates to gain admission or employment.<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/sc-awards-pension-to-mumbai-engineer-who-forged-st-certificate\/articleshow\/133777541.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SC allowed him to superannuate in peace with retirement benefits NEW DELHI: Supreme Court has rewarded a wrongdoer &#8211; 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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20383,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-31"],"magazineBlocksPostFeaturedMedia":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1788553635_file-photo.jpg","medium":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1788553635_file-photo.jpg","medium_large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1788553635_file-photo.jpg","large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1788553635_file-photo.jpg","1536x1536":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1788553635_file-photo.jpg","2048x2048":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1788553635_file-photo.jpg","blogsy-small":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1788553635_file-photo.jpg","blogsy-small-tall":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1788553635_file-photo.jpg","blogsy-small-square":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1788553635_file-photo.jpg","blogsy-small-masonry":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1788553635_file-photo.jpg","blogsy-medium":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1788553635_file-photo.jpg","blogsy-medium-masonry":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1788553635_file-photo.jpg","blogsy-large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1788553635_file-photo.jpg","blogsy-wide":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1788553635_file-photo.jpg"},"magazineBlocksPostAuthor":{"name":"admin","avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8709732a479614e7a8aa24d3eb1b239f30dc6d90c61464ed495001e7a469d856?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"magazineBlocksPostCommentsNumber":"0","magazineBlocksPostExcerpt":"SC allowed him to superannuate in peace with retirement benefits NEW DELHI: Supreme Court has rewarded a wrongdoer &#8211; 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