[Civil Appeal No. 3896-3897 of 2016 @ Special Leave Petition (C) 29633-29634 of 2015]. The dispute raised in these cases essentially pertains to a claim by the appellant that she belongs to the Scheduled Tribe community named, 'Hindu Gosavi'. There is no dispute that her husband belonged to Hindu Gosavi Scheduled Tribe. The allegation was that, on the basis of the caste status of her husband, the appellant had procured a certificate to the effect that she belonged to the Scheduled Tribe community namely, Hindu Gosavi. There cannot be any dispute that a wife cannot claim the tribal status of her husband. The tribal status should be based on one's independent roots. The Caste Scrutiny Committee, namely, Regional Caste Certificate Verification Committee No. 1 for SC, ST, VJNT, OBC and SBC, Solapur (in short, "the Committee") in the State of Maharashtra, by order dated 22.08.2014, cancelled the certificate originally granted to the appellant on 24.10.2002 to the effect that she belonged to the Hindu Gosavi Tribal community.
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