Legislative policy challenge to tax exemption scheme not entertained in writ jurisdiction; petitioner left to petitionary forums

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....A writ petition seeking a creamy-layer based restriction on scheduled tribe tax exemption was treated as a request to alter legislative public policy, and the SC declined to entertain it in constitutional writ jurisdiction. The Court held that prayers to formulate, revise, or amend the exemption policy were not appropriate for adjudication at that stage. It left the petitioner free to pursue the matter before the Committee on Petitions and to forward the petition as a representation to the concerned authorities.....