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MUMBAI: The state has appointed a cabinet subcommittee to initiate the process of sacking over 11,000 of its employees who have secured government jobs using bogus caste certificates.

The state general administration department (GAD) has issued a government resolution (GR). NGO Organisation for Rights of Tribal has decided to challenge the GR in the Bombay high court, alleging that the government intended to delay the action.

The state has been treading cautiously on the issue of laying off staffers who secured jobs using forged caste certificates. On July 6, 2017, the Supreme Court passed an order that if anyone was found guilty of using a forged caste certificate for availing education or employment quotas, they would lose their degrees and jobs. tnn

