Kaushik S/O Satyanarayan Boge v. State of Maha. Thr. Secretary, Tribal Welfare Development and Social Justice Dept. Mumbai and Other
Case brief
What is this about?
Mannewar Scheduled Tribe caste validity; Scheduled Tribe Certificate Scrutiny Committee Gadchiroli; invalidation orders quashed; pre-constitutional documents; Bandobast Misal 1921-22; birth and death extract 1936; Mannepu; Mannepawar; affinity test; Section 8 Maharashtra Act No. XXIII of 2001 burden of proof; Constitution Scheduled Tribe Order 1949 Sr. No.18; Police Vigilance Cell; validity certificates; Writ Petition No. 8048 of 2018; Writ Petition No. 2447 of 2018; 2025:BHC-NAG:11856-DB; M. S. Jawalkar; Raj D. Wakode.
What did the court decide?
Both Writ Petitions allowed; impugned orders dated 11/06/2013 (Case No. JC/TCSC/GAD/II-21/33/2010) and 28/03/2018 (Case No. lgvk/vtizrl/ xM/I/50/33/2017) quashed and set aside; Petitioners declared to belong to 'Mannewar' Scheduled Tribe; Respondent Scrutiny Committee directed to issue validity certificates of 'Mannewar' Scheduled Tribe to the Petitioners within three weeks; Rule made absolute; no order as to costs; pending applications disposed of.