Anand Kashiram Sapkale v. the State of Maharashtra through Secretary and Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Tokre Koli tribe claim refused validation for spelling variant 'Tokare Koli' (order dated 31.12.2025); Court disapproved hyper-technical approach of Caste Scrutiny Committee; spelling error attributed to issuing authority; Sub-Divisional Officer Faizpur Division (Dist. Jalgaon) directed to issue fresh Form 'C' tribe certificate under Maharashtra SC/ST/DT(VJ)/NT/OBC/SBC (Regulation of Issuance and Verification of) Caste Certificate Act, 2001 within four weeks; surrender and genuineness verification of earlier certificate; re-verification by Committee within six months. Writ Petition No. 2171 of 2026, Bombay HC Aurangabad Bench, decided 26.02.2026.
What did the court decide?
Respondent No.3/Sub-Divisional Officer, Faizpur Division, Faizpur, Dist. Jalgaon, to issue a fresh tribe certificate showing the petitioner's caste as 'Tokre Koli' in Form 'C' under the Maharashtra Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, De-notified Tribes (Vimukta Jatis), Nomadic Tribes, Other Backward Classes and Special Backward Category (Regulation of Issuance and Verification of) Caste Certificate Act, 2001, within four weeks; petitioner to surrender the earlier incorrect certificate, whose genuineness the Sub-Divisional Officer must first verify; petitioner thereafter free to submit the corrected certificate to respondent No.2/Caste Scrutiny Committee for verification, to be decided within six months of submission.