Caste classification in one state does not automatically apply in another: Orissa HC

Bhubaneswar, Oct 17 (UNI) The Orissa High Court has ruled that a person recognised as Scheduled Caste in Jharkhand cannot claim the same status in Odisha merely because he belongs to the same caste, which is classified as Scheduled Tribe in the state. Justice Sashikanta Mishra quashed an order requiring the person to obtain tribal land-transfer permission, holding that the restriction did not apply as he could not be treated as either Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe in Odisha. Justice Sashikanta Mishra, in an order delivered on Friday, quashed a letter issued by the District Registrar-cum-Additional District Magistrate (ADM), Mayurbhanj,…