Pratik S/O Mangesh Bhature v. S. T. Caste Certificate Scrutiny Committee, Amravati, Thr. Member Secretary and Anr.
Case brief
What is this about?
caste validity certificate; Scheduled Tribe; Thakur Scheduled Tribe; Caste Scrutiny Committee Amravati; State Common Entrance Test Cell Mumbai; direction to decide caste claim within three weeks; no cancellation of ST category admission; provisional admission on rank; Shreyash Ajay Ghormare SLP (C) 17206-17207/2023; Dilip Vitthal Bambale Civil Appeal 11234-48/2017; Government Resolution 26/08/2025; SEBC OBC six-month extension; amendment of petition allowed; Bombay High Court Nagpur Bench; writ petition allowed 03/09/2025
What did the court decide?
Writ petition allowed: respondent No.1 (Caste Scrutiny Committee) directed to decide the petitioner's tribe claim within three weeks; respondent No.2 (State Common Entrance Test Cell, Mumbai) directed not to cancel the petitioner's Scheduled Tribe category admission till the result of the Caste Scrutiny Committee; petitioner to appear before the Committee, Amravati on 09/09/2025; AGP and petitioner's counsel to communicate the order to the Committee.