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Prashant Vijaykumar Hajare Minor Under Guardian of Father Vijaykumar Bansi Hajare v. the State of Maharashtra and Another

Bombay HC22 Dec 2016WP/12665/2016

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This Court allowed a writ petition seeking issuance of a caste certificate for the petitioner, Koli tribe, directing the Sub-Divisional Officer, Ahmednagar, to issue the certificate within four weeks and quashing the earlier rejection order.

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Caste/tribe certificate to be issued certifying petitioner as 'Koli Mahadev' within four weeks; impugned order quashed.

Prashant Vijaykumar Hajare Minor Under Guardian of Father… — Caste Atrocities | Bombay HC (2016)

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD

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 WRIT PETITION NO. 12665 OF 2016
(Prashant Vijaykumar Hajare, Minor under guardianship of
Father Vijaykumar Bansi Hajare Vs. The State of
Maharashtra and another)

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Mr. Pratap V. Jadhavar, Advocate for the Petitioner
Mr. S.B. Pulkundwar, A.G.P. for the respondent/State

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CORAM :R.M. BORDE AND
SANGITRAO S. PATIL, JJ.

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DATE : 22nd December, 2016

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PER COURT:

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Heard.

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2.The request for issuance of caste certificate

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in favour of the petitioner, has been turned down by the
Sub-Divisional Officer, Ahmednagar in view of the order
passed on 8th December, 2016 and the said order is a
matter of challenge in this petition.

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3.For the reasons recorded in the order passed
today by this Court in Writ Petition No. 12661 of 2016,
the instant petition also deserves to be allowed and the
same is accordingly allowed. The orders dated 8th
December, 2016, passed by the Sub-Divisional Officer,
Ahmednagar, rejecting the request of the petitioner for

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issuance of caste/tribe certificates, is quashed and set

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aside. The Sub-Divisional Officer, Ahmednagar is
directed to issue caste/tribe certificate in favour of
the petitioner in prescribed format, certifying the

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tribe of the petitioner as “Koli Mahadev”, as
expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of
four weeks from today and it is accordingly directed.

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4.The Writ Petition is disposed of.

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Prashant Vijaykumar Hajare Minor Under Guardian of Father Vijaykumar Bansi Hajare v. the State of Maharashtra and Another

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