Prashant Vijaykumar Hajare v. the State of Maharashtra and Another
Case brief
What is this about?
Tribe validity certificate; 'Koli Mahadev' Scheduled Tribe claim invalidated by Respondent No.2-Scrutiny Committee (order dt. 04.03.2026) quashed and set aside; conditional validity granted on parity with cousin validity holders (Vikas Sanjakumar Hajare and two others) whose conditional validities were granted by this Court on 24.08.2023 in Writ Petition No. 11909 of 2021 on the selfsame record; certificate issued subject to final outcome of re-opening proceedings initiated by the Scrutiny Committee against those validity holders; petitioner barred from claiming equity. Aurangabad Bench, per Sandipkumar C. More and Abasaheb D. Shinde, JJ., decided 17.03.2026.
What did the court decide?
Impugned order dated 04.03.2026 of Respondent No.2-Scrutiny Committee quashed and set aside; Committee directed to issue tribe validity certificate to the petitioner forthwith of belonging to 'Koli Mahadev', Scheduled Tribe, subject to the final outcome of the re-opening proceedings initiated against the validity holders relied upon in Writ Petition No.11909 of 2021; petitioner to claim no equity.