Sanjaykumar Naganna Deshatwad and Another vs the State of Maharashtra and Others

The petitioners take exception to the order dated 23.01.2026 passed by the respondent/Scrutiny Committee by which the tribe claim of the petitioners of belonging to ‘Mannervarlu’ Scheduled Tribe has been invalidated.

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Learned counsel for the petitioners submit that the daughter of petitioner No.1 viz. Samiksha Sanjay Deshtwar whose tribe claim was invalidated had approached this Court by filing Writ Petition No. 6093 of 2019 and this Court after considering the self-same record, granted conditional validity vide order dated 21.09.2019.

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He would further submit that even another daughter of petitioner No.1 viz. Pratiksha Sanjay Deshtwar whose tribe claim was also invalidated had approached this Court by filing Writ Petition No. 6094

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of 2019 and this Court relying on the validity granted to Samiksha (supra), granted conditional validity to Pratiksha as well.

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He also invited our attention to the order dated 16.01.2025 passed by this Court in Writ Petition No. 749 of 2025 wherein, the son of petitioner No.1 viz. Sarthak Sanjay Deshtwar whose tribe claim was invalidated had approached this Court and this Court relying on the earlier validities granted to Samiksha and Pratiksha (supra), granted conditional validity to the son of petitioner No.1.

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In that view of the matter, learned counsel for the petitioners submit that the petitioners deserve to be granted conditional validities.

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Per contra, learned AGP opposes the Writ Petition on the ground that certain contra entries are being noticed by the Scrutiny Committee. He would further submit that the validities on the basis of which the earlier validity holders have been granted conditional validities by this Court, have been issued with show-cause notices for reopening their tribe claims. He therefore, urge that the petitioners do not deserve to be granted conditional validities.

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After having heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned AGP, we find that this Court has granted conditional validities to the daughters and son of the petitioner No.1 and the relationship of the petitioners with the said validity holders is not disputed. Though, the learned AGP submits that show-cause notices have been issued to the earlier validity holders on the basis of which the conditional validities have been granted to the daughters and son of the petitioner

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No.1, we find that so long as the said validities hold the field, the petitioners deserve to be granted conditional validities.

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9. In that view of the matter, we pass the following order :

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ORDER

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i) The Writ Petition is partly allowed.

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ii) The impugned order dated 23.01.2026 passed by the respondent/Scrutiny Committee invalidating the tribe claim of the petitioner of belonging to ‘Mannervarlu’ Scheduled Tribe is hereby quashed and set-aside.

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iii) The respondent No.2/Scrutiny Committee is directed to issue validity certificate of belonging to ‘Mannervarlu’ Scheduled Tribe to the petitioners.

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iv) The validity certificate issued to the petitioners will be subject to the outcome of re-opening of the validities of the validity holders on which the petitioners are placing reliance.

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v) The petitioners shall not claim any equity.

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( ABASAHEB D. SHINDE, J. ) ( SANDIPKUMAR C. MORE, J. )

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vsj..

Sanjaykumar Naganna Deshatwad and Another v. the State of Maharashtra and Others

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