Himanshu S/O Mangesh Dhote vs Dy. Commissioner and Vice-President, the S.T. Certificate Scrutiny Committee, Nagpur and Ors. — Bombay HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

Himanshu S/O Mangesh Dhote vs Dy. Commissioner and Vice-President, the S.T. Certificate Scrutiny Committee, Nagpur and Ors. — Bombay HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Further three months' time extended to the Caste Scrutiny Committee to conclude the enquiry and decide the Petitioner's tribe claim; the Committee directed to make all endeavours to conclude within the extended period; interim protection to continue till the Committee's decision; learned AGP directed to communicate the order to the Committee; application disposed of.

Issue for consideration

Whether the Respondent-Caste Scrutiny Committee should be granted a further period of three months to conclude the enquiry and decide the tribe claim of the Petitioner.

Court's answer

The Application is allowed and a further three months' time is extended to conclude the enquiry and decide the tribe claim of the Petitioner.

Ratio / Principle

The Caste Scrutiny Committee shall make all endeavours to conclude the enquiry and decide the tribe claim of the Petitioner within the extended period.

Key takeaways

Interim protection granted to the Petitioner is to continue till the decision of the Scrutiny Committee.ratio¶18
The Application stands disposed of.ratio¶19
The learned AGP is to communicate this order to the Respondent-Scrutiny Committee.ratio¶20

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Bombay High Court (Nagpur Bench), by M.S. Jawalkar & Raj D. Wakode, JJ. (17 October 2025), allowed Civil Application (W) No. 2484/2025 in Writ Petition No. 5036/2025, moved by the Respondent-Caste (Scheduled Tribe Certificate) Scrutiny Committee, Nagpur, seeking extension of time to decide the tribe claim of the petitioner, Himanshu Dhote. With the petitioner having submitted some validity certificates and his tribe claim pending before the Police Vigilance Cell with the report awaited, the Court extended time by a further three months to conclude the enquiry and decide the tribe claim, made clear that the Committee shall make all endeavours to conclude the enquiry within the extended period, directed that the interim protection granted to the petitioner continue till the decision of the Scrutiny Committee, disposed of the application, and directed the learned AGP to communicate the order to the Committee.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH : NAGPUR

CIVIL APPLICATION (W) NO. 2484/2025 IN WRIT PETITION NO. 5036/2025

Himanshu Dhote

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Dy. Commissioner & Vice President, Scheduled Tribe Certifcate Scrutiny i

i Committee, Nagpur & others ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●● Off i ce Notes, Offce Memoranda of Coram, i Court's or Judge's orders appearances, Court's orders or directions and Registrar's orders

●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●● Shri K. Lilhare, Adv h/f Shri Ramteke, Adv for the Petitioner(s) Shri J.Y. Ghurde, AGP for the Respondent/State

CORAM:M.S. JAWALKAR & RAJ D. WAKODE, JJ. OCTOBER 17, 2025

. The present Application is filed by the Respondent – Caste

Scrutiny Committee for extension of three months’ time to decide the tribe claim of the Petitioner.

(2) It is contended that after direction to the Respondent – Scrutiny Committee, the Petitioner has submitted some validity certificates. The claim of the Petitioner is pending with the Police Vigilance Cell and the report is awaited. In view thereof, some more time is required, and hence, sought extension for further period of three months.

(3) For the reasons stated in the Application, the Application is allowed . Further three months’ time is extended to conclude the

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enquiry and decide the tribe claim of the Petitioner. However, it is made clear that the Caste Scrutiny Committee shall make all endeavours to conclude the enquiry and decide the tribe claim of the Petitioner within the extended period. Interim protection granted to the Petitioner to continue till the decision of the Scrutiny Committee.

(4) The Application stands disposed of .

(5) Learned AGP to communicate this order to the Respondent – Scrutiny Committee.

(RAJ D. WAKODE, J.) (M.S. JAWALKAR, J.)

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