Tribal land row: HC seeks date of ST status to Gonds

Nagpur: The Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court has sent a tribal land restoration dispute back to the Deori ( Gondia ) tehsildar, holding that the exact date on which the Gond community was recognised as a Scheduled Tribe (ST) is crucial to deciding whether agricultural land transferred in 1973 can be restored under the Maharashtra Restoration of Lands to Scheduled Tribes Act, 1974.