Manjish S/O Harichandra Bharde v. Deputy Director and Member Secy., S. T. Certificate Scrutiny Committee, Nagpur and Anr.
Case brief
What is this about?
WP No. 5657 of 2025, Bombay High Court Nagpur Bench, decided 24-09-2025 (Smt. M.S. Jawalkar & Raj D. Wakode, JJ.). Petitioner Manjish S/o Harichandra Bharde sought expeditious verification of pending caste validity / tribe claim by Scheduled Tribe Certificate Scrutiny Committee, Nagpur. Held: petition allowed; Committee directed to decide tribe claim within two months; Tahsildar, Bhiwapur restrained from coercive action pending verification; petitioner to appear on 30/09/2025. Advocates: Ananta Ramteke (petitioner); A.V. Palshikar, AGP (respondents). No statutes or precedents cited.
What did the court decide?
Direction to Respondent No.1 (Scheduled Tribe Certificate Scrutiny Committee, Nagpur) to decide the Petitioner's tribe claim within two months; restraint on Respondent No.2 (Tahsildar, Bhiwapur) from coercive action for want of validity certificate during pendency; Petitioner to appear before the Committee on 30/09/2025; order to be communicated to Respondents Nos.1 and 2 by the Assistant Government Pleader.