Rameshwar Maruti Gandhale v. the State of Maharashtra and Others
Tribe validity – 'Koli Mahadev' Scheduled Tribe
Case brief
What is this about?
Koli Mahadev Scheduled Tribe claim; tribe claim invalidated by common Scrutiny Committee order dated 01.02.2022 quashed; Writ Petition Nos. 2060 and 2061 of 2022; High Court of Judicature at Bombay, Aurangabad Bench; follows judgment and order dated 09.08.2023 in Writ Petition No.2029/2022 (Shrimant Bibhishan Gandhale); direction to Respondent No.2 Scrutiny Committee to issue tribe validity certificates in prescribed format without additions; certificates subject to reopened matters; no equities claimable; Coram: Mangesh S. Patil & Prafulla S. Khubalkar, JJ.; decided 16th December 2024; 2024:BHC-AUG:29968-DB.
What did the court decide?
Writ Petitions partly allowed; impugned order dated 01.02.2022 quashed and set aside to the extent of the petitioners; Respondent No.2 Scrutiny Committee directed to immediately issue tribe validity certificates to the petitioners as belonging to 'Koli Mahadev' Scheduled Tribe in the prescribed format without adding anything; certificates subject to the final outcome of matters the Committee has decided to reopen; petitioners not entitled to claim equities.