stamp act, i of 1879, sections 16 and 34 - inadmissibility of stamped document--stamped after execution--not duly stamped. - maharashtra scheduled castes, scheduled tribes, de-notified tribes (vimukta jatis), nomadic tribes, other backward classes and special backward category (regulation of issuance and verification of) caste certificate act (23 of 2001), sections 6 & 10: [s.b. mhase, a.p. deshpande & p.b. varale, jj] caste certificate petitioner seeking appointment against the post reserved for member of schedule tribe his caste certificate was invalidated subsequently held, his appointment would not be protected. the observations/directions issued by supreme court in para 36 of judgment in the case of state v millind reported in 2001 91) mah. lj sc 1 is not the law declared by supreme court under article 141 of the constitution of india. said observations/directions are issued in exercise of powers under article 142 of the constitution and also have no application to the cases relating to appointments and are restricted to the cases relating to admissions. the protection, if any, to be granted in the fact and circumstances of case would depend upon exercise of discretion by supreme court under article 142 of the constitution. said powers under article 142 of constitution is not available to the high court. hence no protection can be granted by high court even in cases relating to admissions. - ' such a provision clearly imposes upon the court the duty of seeing in every case whether an instrument presented to it is 'duly stamped' or not. ' if an instrument is not so stamped, clearly it is not stamped according to the act, and cannot be held, therefore, to be 'duly stamped.parsons, j.1. both of the cases cited are decisions under the stamp act of 1869. that act (xvii of 1869) by section 18 provided only that the instrument should bear a stamp of a value not less than the amount of the proper duty, in order to be admissible. the present act goes much further than this. it provides, by section 34, that an instrument shall not be admitted in evidence 'unless such instrument is duly stamped.' such a provision clearly imposes upon the court the duty of seeing in every case whether an instrument presented to it is 'duly stamped' or not. 'duly stamped' is defined in the act to be 'stamped in accordance with the law in force when such instrument was executed, or first executed.' when this instrument was executed, act i of 1879 was in force. that act, in section 16, lays down that 'all instruments chargeable with duty and executed by any person in british india shall be stamped before or at the time of execution.' if an instrument is not so stamped, clearly it is not stamped according to the act, and cannot be held, therefore, to be 'duly stamped.' as it is the duty of the court to ascertain whether or not the instrument was stamped before or at the time of execution, i allow the questions.2. the witness was then examined on the subject; and on the evidence, the court, finding that the document had not been stamped at or before the time of execution, refused to admit it in evidence. the court referred to sakalchand jadhavji v. guldbchand motichand printed judgments for 1882 p. 29.