Laxman Shankarrao Boinwad vs the State of Maharashtra through Its Secretary and Others — Bombay HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

Laxman Shankarrao Boinwad vs the State of Maharashtra through Its Secretary and Others — Bombay HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Impugned judgment and order dated 15.10.2024 of respondent No.2/Scrutiny Committee quashed and set aside; respondent No.2 directed to immediately issue tribe validity certificates to the petitioner as belonging to 'Koli Mahadev' scheduled tribe in the prescribed proforma; validity certificate to be co-terminus with those of the petitioner's blood relatives facing reverification; petitioner not entitled to claim equity.

Issue for consideration

Whether the common judgment and order dated 15.10.2024 passed by respondent No.2/Scrutiny Committee, invalidating the petitioner's tribe claim of belonging to the 'Koli Mahadev' scheduled tribe, should be sustained or quashed.

Court's answer

Acting on the fact that the identical common judgment and order had already been quashed and set aside by this Court on 23.10.2024 in the family members' writ petition (Writ Petition No. 11833 of 2024), the Court proceeded to pass its order on the same basis.

Ratio / Principle

The impugned judgment and order dated 15.10.2024 passed by respondent No.2/Scrutiny Committee is quashed and set aside.

Key takeaways

Respondent No.2/Scrutiny Committee shall immediately issue tribe validity certificates to the petitioner as belonging to 'Koli Mahadev' scheduled tribe in the prescribed proforma.ratio¶24
The validity certificate of the petitioner shall be co-terminus with the validity certificates of the petitioner's blood relatives who are facing reverification.ratio¶25
The petitioner shall not be entitled to claim equity.

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Tribe claim - 'Koli Mahadev' (Per Court, Sandipkumar C. More and Abasaheb D. Shinde, JJ.). Petitioner Laxman Shankarrao Boinwad challenged the common judgment and order dated 15.10.2024 passed by respondent No.2/Scrutiny Committee for Scheduled Tribes invalidating his tribe claim of belonging to the 'Koli Mahadev' scheduled tribe. Learned counsel pointed out that the identical common order had been challenged by four other family members in Writ Petition No. 11833 of 2024, and that this Court, vide order dated 23.10.2024, had already quashed and set aside that very order. Acting 'in that view of the matter', the Court partly allowed the writ petition, quashed and set aside the impugned judgment and order dated 15.10.2024, and directed respondent No.2/Scrutiny Committee to immediately issue the petitioner a tribe validity certificate as belonging to the 'Koli Mahadev' scheduled tribe in the prescribed proforma, such certificate to be co-terminus with the validity certificates of the petitioner's blood relatives who were facing reverification; the petitioner was declared not entitled to claim equity.

(1)

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD

955 WRIT PETITION NO. 11976 OF 2024

Laxman Shankarrao Boinwad Age : 51 yrs, oc : service R/o Barahali, Taluka Mukhed, District Nanded

Petitioner

Versus

The State of Maharashtra

Scrutiny Committee for Scheduled Tribes, Kinwad.

The Chief Executive Officer, Zilla Parishad, Nanded Respondents

Mr. Shubham Nikam, Advocate holding for Mr. O.B. Boinwad, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. M.A. Aher, A.P.P. for respondent Nos.1 and 2 – State.

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

DATED : 16 JANUARY 2026.

Per Court :

Heard.

By this writ petition, the petitioner is challenging the common judgment and order dated 15.10.2024 passed by respondent No.2/Scrutiny Committee thereby invalidating tribe claim of the petition of belonging to “ Koli Mahadev ” scheduled tribe.

(2)

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Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the same judgment and order has been challenged by the four other family members of the petitioner in Writ Petition No. 11833 of 2024 and this Court, vide order dated 23.10.2024, has quashed and set aside the impugned common judgment and order passed by the respondent/Scrutiny Committee. In that view of the matter, we pass the following order.

ORDER

(i) The writ petition is partly allowed.

(ii) The impugned judgment and order dated 15.10.2024 passed by respondent No.2/ Scrutiny Committee is quashed and set aside.

(iii) Respondent No.2/Scrutiny Committee shall immediately issue tribe validity certificates to the petitioner as belonging to “Koli Mahadev” scheduled tribe in the prescribed proforma.

(iv) The validity certificate of the petitioner shall be co-terminus with the validity certificates of the blood relatives of the petitioner who are facing reverification.

(v) The petitioner shall not be entitled to claim equity.

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

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