Allowed
Rajendra Maharu Thakur v. the State of Maharashtra and Others
Bombay HCWP/3167/2021
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
The High Court at Bombay allowed three writ petitions seeking correction of caste in school records. Dismissing the Administrative Officer's rejection based solely on the petitioners having left school, the Court directed reconsideration of applications on merits, relying on a Full Bench precedent allowing post-departure corrections for obvious mistakes. Petitions were disposed of without costs.
What did the court decide?
Directions issued to competent authority to reconsider the applications for correction of caste on merits instead of rejecting them solely due to post-departure filing.