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Proceedings Before the Commission:
2. Both the parties made their submissions. The appellant submitted that the respondent authority has not supplied to him the desired information and are claiming that the appellant's service book and the personal file are not available with them. He needs these documents for establishing the fact that he belongs to the ST caste. On the other hand, the respondent officers submitted that the there is an inquiry regarding his caste certificate by the CBI and all the relevant records are under submission to the CBI. They also submitted that the appellant had joined the new department i.e. Income Tax Department and as per the practice, whenever an employee joins the new department, he carries his own Service Book and the Personal file to the new department. In this connection, the appellant denied having received the above to records while leaving the respondent department.