Shankar Nagnath Gangulwar v. State of Maharashtra through Its Secretary and Another
Case brief
What is this about?
Tribe certificate validation; Scheduled Tribe Caste Certificate Scrutiny Committee, Kinwat; proposal not traceable; direction to decide within six months; protection against termination during pendency; original caste/tribe certificate cannot be insisted upon; reconstruction of proposal/file; Writ Petition No. 2337 of 2025; Bombay High Court, Aurangabad Bench; decided 24th February 2025; Coram Mangesh S. Patil and Prafulla S. Khubalkar, JJ.; per court.
What did the court decide?
Direction to respondent/scrutiny committee to decide the petitioner's tribe certificate validation proposal as expeditiously as possible and in any case within six months; petitioner not to be terminated during that period; petitioner to cooperate with the committee for reconstruction of the proposal/file if called upon; committee clarified not to insist for the original caste/tribe certificate.