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Kisan Ramji Kopurwad v. the State of Maharashtra and Others

Bombay HC10 Feb 2026WP/10902/2025

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What is this about?

Mahadev Koli / Koli Mahadev Scheduled Tribe claim; tribe claim invalidation by Scrutiny Committee quashed; conditional validity certificate; blood-relative validity holder (daughter Archana Kishan Kopurwad); Writ Petition No. 8922 of 2018 followed; validity subject to re-opening of validity holders' validities; Maharashtra; High Court of Judicature at Bombay, Aurangabad Bench; writ petition allowed.

What did the court decide?

Quashing and setting aside of the Scrutiny Committee's order dated 18.07.2025, and direction to the Committee to issue a validity certificate of belonging to the 'Koli Mahadev' Scheduled Tribe, subject to the outcome of re-opening of the validity of the validity holders relied upon by the petitioner. ¶24

Kisan Ramji Kopurwad vs the State of Maharashtra and Others — Bombay HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

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Outcome

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Issue for consideration

Whether the petitioner, whose tribe claim of belonging to the Mahadev Koli Scheduled Tribe was invalidated by the Scrutiny Committee's order dated 18.07.2025, deserves to be granted conditional validity, given that his daughter and other blood relatives were granted conditional validity by this Court on the selfsame record.

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Court's answer

As the petitioner's daughter herself has been granted conditional validity, the Court follows the same course adopted in her earlier allowed writ petitions (Writ Petition No. 8922 of 2018 and connected petitions).

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Ratio / Principle

The impugned order dated 18.07.2025 passed by respondent No.2/Scrutiny Committee invalidating the petitioner's tribe claim is quashed and set aside.

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Key takeaways

The respondent/Scrutiny Committee shall issue a validity certificate of belonging to the 'Koli Mahadev' Scheduled Tribe to the petitioner.ratio¶26
The validity certificate to be issued shall be subject to the outcome of re-opening of the validity of the validity holders on whom the petitioner relies.ratio¶26

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Tribe claim validation — Bombay High Court (Aurangabad Bench), oral order per Abasaheb D. Shinde, J. (bench: Sandipkumar C. More and Abasaheb D. Shinde, JJ.), April 22, 2026: The petitioner's tribe claim of belonging to the Mahadev Koli Scheduled Tribe had been invalidated by the Scrutiny Committee's order dated 18.07.2025. His daughter Archana Kishan Kopurwad and other blood relatives, whose claims had been invalidated by a common order of the Committee, had obtained relief in Writ Petition No. 8922 of 2018 and connected petitions, which this Court allowed on the selfsame record by directing issue of conditional validities. Following the same course, the Court allowed the present writ petition, quashed and set aside the impugned order dated 18.07.2025, and directed the Scrutiny Committee to issue a validity certificate of belonging to the Koli Mahadev Scheduled Tribe, subject to the outcome of re-opening of the validity of the validity holders relied upon by the petitioner.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD

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980 WRIT PETITION NO. 10902 OF 2025

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KISAN RAMJI KOPURWAD

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….Petitioner VERSUS

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THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS

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…..Respondent

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Advocate for the Petitioner : Mr. Sainath Gangadhar Jayewar AGP for Respondent/State: Mrs. A. S. Deshmukh

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CORAM : SANDIPKUMAR C. MORE AND ABASAHEB D. SHINDE, JJ.

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DATED : APRIL 22, 2026

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ORAL ORDER (PER ABASAHEB D. SHINDE, J):-

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Heard.

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The petitioner is challenging the order dated 18.07.2025 passed by the respondent/Scrutiny Committee, by which the tribe claim of the petitioner of belonging “ Mahadev Koli ” Scheduled Tribe has been invalidated.

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The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the

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daughter of petitioner namely Archana Kishan Kopurwad along with other blood relatives, whose tribe claims were invalidated by common order passed by the Scrutiny Committee, had approached this Court by filing Writ Petition No. 8922 of 2018 and other connected Writ Petitions, wherein

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this Court, after considering the selfsame record, allowed the

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said Writ Petition thereby directing the Scrutiny Committee to issue conditional validities. He, therefore, urged that the petitioner also deserves to be granted conditional validity.

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The learned A.G.P. does not dispute the said aspect nor the relationship of the petitioner with the said validity holder namely Archna Kishan Kopurwad (supra).

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In that view of the matter, we follow the same course, as the daughter of the petitioner herself has been granted conditional validity. We, therefore, pass the following order.

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O R D E R

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(I) The Writ Petition is allowed.

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(ii) The impugned order dated 18.07.2025 passed by the respondent No.2/Scrutiny Committee is hereby quashed and set-aside.

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(iii) The respondent/ Scrutiny Committee shall issue validity certificate of belonging to “ Koli Mahadev ” Scheduled Tribe, which shall be subject to outcome of re-opening of the validity of the validity holders, on which the petitioner is placed reliance.

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Petition accordingly disposed of.

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(ABASAHEB D. SHINDE) (SANDIPKUMAR C. MORE) JUDGE JUDGE

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