Pratiksha D/O Vijay Sonone And Another vs The State Of Maharashtra, Department Of ...
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Bombay High Court

Pratiksha D/O Vijay Sonone And Another vs The State Of Maharashtra, Department Of ... on 4 March, 2024

Author: Nitin W. Sambre

Bench: Nitin W. Sambre

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
          NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR


               WRIT PETITION NO. 1502 OF 2024
     (Pratiksha d/o. Vijay Sonone and another...Vs.. State of Maharashtra and others)

Office Notes, Office Memorandum of Coram,
appearances, Court's orders of directions                     Court's or Judge's order
and Registrar's orders.

            Mr. Ashish Chaware, counsel for petitioners,
            Mr. M.K. Pathan, AGP for respondent Nos. 1 to 3/State.


            CORAM : NITIN W. SAMBRE AND ABHAY J. MANTRI, JJ.

            DATE       : MARCH 4, 2024


           Heard.

2. The challenge is to the order dated 15.6.2023 and the

order dated 17.2.2023, passed by respondent Nos. 2 and 3,

whereby the prayer of the petitioners for issuance of the caste

certificate as that of belonging to Koli Mahadev - Scheduled

Tribe came to be rejected.

3. Amongst other, the contentions are, in view of judgment

delivered by learned Division Bench in Namdeo s/o. Baburao

Ingale and Others Vs. Scheduled Tribe Caste Certificate Scrutiny

committee, Amravati and Others, reported in 2015(2) Mh.L.J.

707, once the petitioner has submitted the document pertaining

to the school record depicting entry Koli Mahadev, the

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Committee cannot go into scrutinizing the case of the petitioner

on merits as such powers are vested with the Scrutiny

Committee at the time of issuing validity.

4. Stand over to 11.3.2024, by way of last chance, as prayed.

(ABHAY J. MANTRI, J.) (NITIN W. SAMBRE, J.)

Belkhede Signed by: Mr. R. S. Belkhede Designation: PA To Honourable Judge Date: 05/03/2024 15:20:39