DAYARAM vs SUDHIR BATHAM .

The Supreme Court referred two appeals concerning the validity of caste certificates issued to respondents 1 to 3, who claimed to belong to a scheduled caste. The Madhya Pradesh High Court had previously quashed the cancellation of their appointments based on a report from the State Level Screening Committee. The Court expressed doubt about the legality of directions issued in Kumari Madhuri Patil v. Additional Commissioner, Tribal Development, particularly regarding the legislative nature of certain directions, and referred the matter to a larger bench for consideration under Article 136.