THE Bhoyar-PawarSamajAction Committee has demanded caste certificate and caste validity certificate as per the OtherBackward Class (OBC) category’s schedule 189 published by Departmentof Social Justice, Government of Maharashtra. Adelegationofrepresentatives of AkhilBharatiyaBhoyar Pawar Mahasangh, Nagpur; Bhoyar PawayYuvaManch,Nagpur;and Bhoyar Pawar Samaj Action Committee handed over a memorandum of demands to Maharashtra AssemblySpeaker, Nana Patole; Minister of Social Justice and Special Aid, Dhananjay Munde; Vishwajeet Kadam, Minister of State for Social Justice and Special Aids; MLA Vikas Thakre, former MLA Amar Kale.

 

The delegation consisted of President of Mahasangh, Dr NamdevRaut;GeneralSecretary, Madhukar Chopde; Treasurer, Subhash Pathe; Secretary, Moreshwar Bhade; President of Pawar Samaj Action Committee, Pradeep Kolhe;President of Yuva Manch, Shravan Farkade and patron Suresh Deshmukh. The press release issued by Secretary Moreshwar Bhadehas stated, “As per the GR issued by theGovernmentofMaharashtra in 2008, on serial no 189 of the caste verification list, there is mention of Powar or Pawar, Bhoyar, Bhoir, Bhoyeer castes in Maharashtra. Majority of people belonging to Bhoyar and Pawar castes are staying in Wardha and Nagpur districts sincepastgenerations.Thecaste isidentifiedasBhoyarandPawar and these names are being used as a similar on records.

 

When people apply for a caste validity certificate,theofficialsaskforthe proof before 1967.Thecastewritten on Kotwal record or school leavingcertificateisBhoyarwhile the caste written on School Leaving Certificate of children and their parents is Pawar. This is the reason, people belonging to this caste find it very difficult to get a caste validity certificate. All the castes are mentioned in Maharashtra Government’s schedule 189 as Powar, Pawar, Bhoyar, Bhoir, Bhoyeer etc and the caste verification committeedeniesthevaliditytothepeople. The Government should issue caste validity certificates to all the members belonging to these castes. The Government should direct the district collectors toprovidecastevaliditycertificatesandcorrecttheerrors in this record.”