Bombay High Court
Dipali Ramdas Garud Thrugh Father ... vs The State Of Maharashtra And ... on 15 January, 2021
Bench: S.V. Gangapurwala, Shrikant Dattatray Kulkarni
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W.P. 3424-2020
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY,
BENCH AT AURANGABAD
WRIT PETITION NO. 3424 OF 2020
Kum. Dipali d/o Ramdas Garud
u/g of Natural Guardian father
Shri Rameshwrao s/o Kondiba Garud ..Petitioner
Versus
The State of Maharashtra and ors. ..Respondents
Mr A.S. Golegaonkar, Advcoate for petitioner
Mr P.S. Patil, Addl.G.P. for respondents no.1, 2, 3 and 6
Mr D.G. Nagode, Advocate for respondents no.4 and 5
CORAM : S.V. GANGAPURWALA AND
SHRIKANT D. KULKARNI, JJ.
DATE : 15th January 2021
PER COURT :
1. The caste claim of the petitioner as Thakur - Scheduled Tribe is
invalidated.
2. Learned Advocate for the petitioner submits that one of the paternal
relatives of the petitioner Swati daughter of Narayan Garud is issued with the
validity certificate. The learned Advocate for the petitioner submits that all
the entries in the school record of the petitioner, his father, uncle record
caste as Thakur. The respondent - Committee has relied upon one entry of
paternal aunt of the petitioner Shivnanda stating that her caste is recorded as
Maratha. The petitioner's paternal aunt Shivnanda is at Sr.no.5 and only
hyphen is marked. The caste Maratha is not mentioned. There are no
contrary entries on record. The learned Counsel for the petitioner submits
that show cause notice is issued to the paternal relative of the petitioner.
Learned Counsel further submits that the affinity test is not a litmus test and
relied on the judgment of the Apex Court in case of Anand vs Committee
for Scrutiny and Verification of Tribe Claims and Ors. reported in (2012)
1 SCC 113. Learned Counsel also relied upon the judgment of Division
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Bench of this Court Apoorva d/o Vinay Nichale Vs. Divisional Caste
Certificate Scrutiny Committee No.1 and others, reported in 2010 (6)
Mh.L.J. 401 to submit that the validity issued to the near relative is a relevant
fact.
3. The leaned A.G.P. submits that in the school entry of the paternal aunt
of the petitioner her caste is mentioned as Maratha. In respect of other
maternal relatives of the petitioner, caste is recorded as Maratha or as
Thakar. The petitioner failed in the affinity test.
4. We have considered the submissions. The petitioner has relied on
following documents:
v- nLr,sotkps uko nLr,sotkaojhy vtZnkjk'kh tkrhph izos'[email protected] uksan.kh
dza- O;Drhaps uko ukrs uksan fnukad
1- tekr izek.ki= fnikyh jes'kjko x#M vtZnkj dza-1 Bkdwj [email protected]@2011
2- izos'k fuxZe mrkjk fnikyh jes'kjko x#M vtZnkj dza-1 Bkdwj [email protected]@2007
3- izos'k fuxZe mrkjk fnikyh jes'kjko x#M vtZnkj dza-1 fganw Bkdwj [email protected]@2011
4- 'kkGk lksMY;kps izek.ki= fnikyh jes'kjko x#M vtZnkj dza-1 Bkdwj [email protected]@2011
5- vk/kkj dkMZ fnikyh jes'kjko x#M vtZnkj dza-1 ---- ----
6- uequk Q o oa'kkoG jes'k dksMhackjko vtZnkj dz-2 Bkdwj [email protected]@2019
x#M
7- izos'k fuxZe mrkjk jes'k dksMhackjko x#M vtZnkj dza-2 Bkdwj 17-06-1980
8- izos'k fuxZe mrkjk jes'k dksaMhckjko x#M vtZnkj dza-2 Bkdwj 25-06-1987
9- 'kkGk lksMY;kps izek.ki= jes'k dksMhack x#M vtZnkj dza-2 Bkdwj 17-06-1980
10 'kkGk lksMY;kps izek.ki= jes'k dksMhack x#M vtZnkj dza-2 Bkdwj 25-09-1992
11 lsokiVkps izFke i`"B jes'k dksMhack x#M vtZnkj dza-2 Bkdwj ---
12 'kkGk lksMY;kps izek.ki= jes'k dksMhack x#M vtZnkj dza-2 Bkdwj 25-6-1987
13 tekrhps izek.ki= jes'k dksMhack x#M vtZnkj dza-2 Bkdwj 31-10-2011
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14 [email protected] mrkjk jes'k dksaMck x#M vtZnkj dza-2 ---- [email protected]@2012
15 ikg.khi=d dksMw fdlu Bkdwj vktksck --- 1955&56
16 [kkljk ikg.kh i=d dksaMc25-k fdlu vktksck -- 1954&55
17 [email protected] mrkjk dksaMck fdlu Bkdwj vktksck -- 1958&59
18 [email protected] mrkjk dksaMck fdlu o jes'k vktksck o -- 1978&79
dksaMck x#M vtZnkj dz-a 2
19 e`R;w izek.ki= dksaMckjko fdlu x#M vktksck --- 10-03-2003
¼Bkdwj½
20 tekrhps izek.ki= lqf'ky jes'k x#M HkkÅ Bkdwj 04-07-2011
21 izos'k fuxZe mrkjk lqf'ky jes'k x#M HkkÅ Bkdwj 28-06-2002
22 'kkGk lksMY;kpk nk[kyk lqf'ky jes'k x#M HkkÅ Bkdwj 16-6-2011
23 'kkGk lksMY;kps izek.ki= lqf'ky jes'k x#M HkkÅ Bkdwj 21-06-2007
24- 'kkGk lksMY;kps izek.ki= lqf'ky jes'k x#M HkkÅ Bkdwj 16-6-2011
25- 'kkGk lksMY;kps izek.ki= lqf'ky jes'k x#M HkkÅ Bkdwj 28-06-2013
26- izos'k fuxZe mrkjk txnh'k jes'k x#M HkkÅ Bkdwj 30-06-2010
27- izos'k fuxZe mrkjk txnh'k jes'k x#M HkkÅ Bkdwj 15-06-2011
28- tekrhps izek.ki= txnh'k jes'k x#M HkkÅ Bkdwj 04-07-2011
29- 'kkGk lksMY;kpk nk[kyk txnh'k jes'k x#M HkkÅ Bkdwj 15-6-2011
30- [email protected] mrkjk lksiku foBksck Bkdwj pqyr vktksck -- --
31- oS/krk izek.ki= o guqeku lksiku x#M ekolHkkÅ Bkdwj 12-01-2011
'kiFki=
32- oS/krk izek.ki= o lksiku Hkkxor x#M esOgq.khpk eqyxk Bkdwj 28-09-2011
'kiFki=
33- oS/krk izek.ki= o Lokrh ukjk;.k x#M pqyr pqyr Bkdwj 29-05-1998
'kiFki= cgh.k
34- oS/krk izek.ki= o Hkkxor ia<jhukFk x#M ukryx Bkdwj 27-08-2001
'kiFki=
35- oS/krk izek.ki= o lafni izdk'k pOgk.k vkrsHkkÅ Bkdwj 27-01-2004
'kiFki=
36- oS/krk izek.ki= o ijes'oj Hkkxor dne ekol vkrsHkkÅ Bkdwj 09-11-2010
'kiFki=
37- oS/krk izek.ki= o enu fd'kujko dne cfg.khP;k uaunspk Bkdwj 19-09-2005
'kiFki= eqyxk ¼vkrsHkkŽ
38 fuoM.kwd vksG[ki= jes'k dksaMhck x#M vtZnkj dzekad 2 -- ---
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5. The school entries in case of maternal relative of the petitioner would
not be relevant. In many of the maternal relatives' school record, caste is
recorded as Thakur.
6. The affinity is not a litmus test as is held in case of Anand vs
Committee for Scrutiny and Verification of Tribe Claims (supra). The
show cause notice is issued to the validity holder relied upon by the
petitioner.
7. In light of above, the impugned order is quashed and set aside.
8. The Committee shall issue validity certificate to the petitioner as
Thakur -Scheduled Tribe immediately.
9. The said validity certificate would be subject to the decision that would
be taken by the Committee in the proceedings re-opened of the validity
holders relied by the petitioner.
10. Writ Petition disposed of. No costs.
( SHRIKANT D. KULKARNI, J.) ( S.V. GANGAPURWALA, J.)
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