The direction was given recently by Justices S B Shukre and S C Dharmadhikari on a petition filed by Padmini Raje Mohite, who had also contested the election for the Councillor's post from the same ward in the civic body.
The court has asked Yerwada police station to file an FIR and hold a probe within three months into the allegations.
The petitioner also moved the Caste Scrutiny Committee in Pune to inquire whether the caste certificate had been scrutinised and validated by it. She raised a grievance that this committee looked into its files and gave a letter to the competent investigation machinery that its record does not show that a caste validity certificate was issued to certify and validate the caste claim of the respondent.
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The caste validity certificate produced could not, therefore, be considered as valid, the court noted.
Despite such letters, the concerned police station, namely Yerwada police station, did not register any FIR nor it commenced any investigation, the Judges observed.
Surprisingly, the very Committee, which made its complaint in writing on April 11, 2012 to the Pune Collector and other authorities purportedly turned around and addressed a letter on May 17, 2012, stating that the complaint, in so far as the certificate of respondent is concerned, need not be entertained because it has found in the files a certificate issued by Caste Scrutiny Committee.