Ravindra Baliram Suryawanshi and Another v. the State of Maharashtra and Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Search terms: Tokre Koli Scheduled Tribe; tribe claim invalidated; validity certificate; caste/tribe validation Committee; B.D.S. degree certificate; reserved category admission; undertaking not to claim tribal benefit; fees paid as open category student; Maharashtra University; Bombay High Court Aurangabad; per curiam; Ajay Dattatraya Bandewad; Mrudula. Relevant when arguing that a degree certificate must be issued notwithstanding an invalidated caste/tribe claim, where the candidate completed the course, paid open-category fees and furnished an undertaking not to avail tribal benefits.
What did the court decide?
Direction to the University (Respondent No. 3) to issue the petitioner's B.D.S. degree certificate within four weeks along with her original documents, subject to unpaid fees, if any; the connected Review Application (Civil) was disposed of as not pressed.