Vaishnavi Umakant Boyane vs the State of Maharashtra through Its Secretary and Othr — Bombay HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

Vaishnavi Umakant Boyane vs the State of Maharashtra through Its Secretary and Othr — Bombay HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Writ petition disposed of with directions: Respondent No.2-Scrutiny Committee to decide the petitioner's tribe claim preferably within one year; during pendency the employer is restrained from taking coercive action solely for non-submission of the tribe validity certificate, the protection being confined to that ground and operating only till the claim is decided.

Issue for consideration

Whether the Respondent No.2-Scrutiny Committee should be directed to decide the petitioner's pending 'Koli Mahadev' Scheduled Tribe claim expeditiously. +1 more

Court's answer

Respondent No.2-Scrutiny Committee is directed to decide the petitioner's tribe claim as expeditiously as possible, and preferably within a period of one year from the date of the order.

Ratio / Principle

During the pendency of the tribe claim, the employer of the petitioner shall not take any coercive action solely on the ground of non-submission of the validity certificate.

Key takeaways

The interim protection is expressly restricted only to the extent of non-submission of the tribe validity certificate.ratio¶19
The protection granted by the Court will operate only till the tribe claim of the petitioner is decided, and the petitioner shall not claim any equity.ratio¶20

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Bombay High Court, Aurangabad Bench (Per Abasaheb D. Shinde, J., with Sandipkumar C. More, J.), disposed of a writ petition by an employee whose tribe claim of belonging to 'Koli Mahadev', Scheduled Tribe, submitted before Respondent No.2-Scrutiny Committee on 08.01.2026, remained undecided, while the employer's notice dated 05.03.2026 required production of the tribe validity certificate (to be submitted within six months of appointment), failing which services would be terminated per the appointment order clause. The Court directed the Scrutiny Committee to decide the tribe claim as expeditiously as possible, preferably within one year, and held that during pendency the employer shall not take any coercive action solely on the ground of non-submission of the validity certificate. The protection is restricted only to non-submission of the tribe validity certificate, operates only till the tribe claim is decided, and creates no equity in favour of the petitioner.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD

917 WRIT PETITION NO. 2848 OF 2026

Vaishnavi Umakant Boyane VERSUS

The State Of Maharashtra Through Its Secretary And Other

Mr. Pratap V. Jadhavar, Advocate for the Petitioner Ms. A. S. Deshmukh, AGP for Respondents/State

CORAM : SANDIPKUMAR C. MORE AND ABASAHEB D. SHINDE, JJ. DATED : 17^TH MARCH 2026

PER COURT (Per Abasaheb D. Shinde J.) :-

Heard.

The petitioner is seeking expeditious disposal of his tribe claim of belonging to ‘Koli Mahadev’, Scheduled Tribe which has been submitted before Respondent No.2-Scrutiny Committee on 08.01.2026.

The learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that for nonsubmission of tribe validity certificate the employer has issued notice on 05.03.2026 calling upon the petitioner to submit the tribe validity certificate, failing which as per the clause of appointment order the services of the petitioner will be brought to an end.

Learned AGP submits that the protection can be granted to the petitioner only for non-submission of tribe validity certificate and

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nothing else.

We find that since the petitioner has been called upon to submit the tribe validity certificate within six (6) months from the date of appointment and since his tribe claim is pending before the Respondent No.2-Scrutiny Committee, we direct Respondent No.2Scrutiny Committee to decide the tribe claim of the petitioner as expeditiously as possible and preferably within a period of one (1) year from today.

During the pendency of the said tribe claim the employer of the petitioner shall not take any coercive action solely on the ground of non-submission of validity certificate. We also make it clear that this protection would be restricted only to the extent of non-submission of tribe validity certificate.

Needless to state that the protection granted by this Court will operate only till the tribe claim of the petitioner is decided. The petitioner shall not claim any equity.

With this clarification we dispose of this Writ Petition.

[ABASAHEB D. SHINDE, J.] [SANDIPKUMAR C. MORE, J.]

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