Shubham Padmakar Thakur v. the State of Maharashtra through Its Secretary and Another
Case brief
What is this about?
Thakur Scheduled Tribe; tribe claim invalidation; Scrutiny Committee; Vigilance Cell Enquiry; fresh Vigilance Cell Enquiry on remand; validity certificate holder; Varun Ashok Thakur; genealogy; blood relatives; pre-independence era documents; quashed and set aside; remand for fresh consideration; five months; pensioner; consent-based final hearing at admission stage; Rule made absolute; writ petitions heard together; Aurangabad Bench, Bombay High Court; Chandrakant R. Thorat; N. B. Patil AGP.
What did the court decide?
Writ Petitions partly allowed: impugned orders dated 06.01.2025 and 05.03.2025 of Respondent No.2-Scrutiny Committee quashed and set aside; matters remanded to Respondent No.2-Scrutiny Committee for fresh consideration and, if needed, a fresh Vigilance Cell Enquiry with sufficient opportunity to the petitioners to establish their tribe claims; decision expected preferably within five (5) months as the petitioner in W.P. No.3991 of 2025 is a pensioner; Rule made absolute in the above terms.