Niraj Kamlakar More v. the State of Maharashtra through Its Secretary and Another
Case brief
What is this about?
Bombay High Court, Aurangabad Bench (Writ Petition No. 11807 of 2025, decided 20.01.2026, Sandipkumar C. More & Abasaheb D. Shinde, JJ., Per Court): scheduled tribe validity certificate for 'Thakur' tribe granted where real uncle's validity (Writ Petition No.713/1994, order dated 01.03.1994) still holds the field per Maharashtra Adiwasi Thakur Jamat Swarakshan Samiti v. State of Maharashtra, 2023 SCC OnLine SC 326, and father holds Scrutiny Committee validity dated 27.01.2004; impugned invalidation order dated 05.08.2022 quashed. Keywords: tribe validity certificate, Scrutiny Committee, blood-relative validity, Thakur scheduled tribe, Maharashtra Adiwasi Thakur Jamat Swarakshan Samiti.
What did the court decide?
Impugned Scrutiny Committee order dated 05.08.2022 quashed and set aside; Scrutiny Committee directed to issue tribe validity certificate of belonging to 'Thakur' scheduled tribe to the petitioner forthwith; Rule made absolute.