Ravindra Dilip Kamble v. the State of Maharashtra through Secretary and Another
Case brief
What is this about?
Tribe/caste claim Maharashtra; Scrutiny Committee order confiscating and invalidating 'Koli Mahadev' tribe certificate quashed; validity certificates of close relatives (cousin aunts Sunita and Sangita; first degree cousin Nikhil) held to enure to applicant's benefit where self-same record already scrutinized; vigilance enquiry; affinity test; contrary entries of relatives; finding of no vigilance enquiry held perverse; refusal to remand; certificate subject to proposed reverification; petitioner to run risk (cf. Shweta Balaji Isankar v. State of Maharashtra, WP 5611/2018); decided at admission stage; Bombay High Court, Aurangabad Bench; Patil & Brahme JJ.; partly allowed.
What did the court decide?
Impugned judgment and order dated 15 January 2024 quashed and set aside; Respondent No. 2 - Scrutiny Committee directed to issue tribe validity certificate to the petitioner, subject to the outcome of the reverification proposed by it; petitioner not to claim any equity.