The Allahabad High Court has set aside the order of the Uttar Pradesh government under which two Gond sub-castes, Nayak and Ojha, were designated in the Scheduled Tribes category.
The plea filed in Delhi High Court contended that it is an obligation of the Government to look after the effective implementation of the provisions of The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989