Yash Vikram Deoraj v. the State of Maharashtra through Its Principal Secretary and Others
Scheduled Tribe validity – 'Tokare Koli' / 'Tokre Koli' tribe – Scrutiny Committee refused to validate petitioner's tribe claim
Case brief
What is this about?
Bombay High Court, Aurangabad Bench (Division Bench: Mangesh S. Patil & Shailesh P. Brahme, JJ.), Writ Petition No. 4085 of 2024, decided 05.08.2024, Neutral Citation 2024:BHC-AUG:18364-DB. Keywords: Tokare Koli / Tokre Koli Scheduled Tribe; tribe validity certificate; scrutiny committee; cancellation of validity for alleged fraud; show cause notice; supervening event; real brothers' validity restored in Writ Petition No. 8581/2021 (judgment dated 06.02.2024); entitlement to validity certificate; writ petition allowed; impugned committee order quashed; immediate issuance of validity certificate. No statute construed; no monetary reliefs.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition allowed; impugned committee order quashed and set aside; respondent no. 2-committee directed to immediately issue a certificate of validity to the petitioner as belonging to the 'Tokre Koli' Scheduled Tribe.