Naresh Datta Pilangwad v. the State of Maharashtra and Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Batch of hundreds of writ petitions challenging scrutiny committee orders invalidating Scheduled Tribe certificates due to inadvertent spelling errors by issuing authorities. The court held such hyper-technical rejection impermissible, quashed the invalidation orders, and directed correction and fresh verification on merits.
What did the court decide?
Invalidation orders quashed; certificates returned; competent authorities to correct spelling and issue corrected certificates within four weeks; scrutiny committee to verify claims on merits within o