Saloni Sanjay Kottawad v. the State of Maharashtra through Its Principal Secretary and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Saloni Sanjay Kottawad v. State of Maharashtra; WRIT PETITION NO. 3470 OF 2026; High Court of Judicature at Bombay, Bench at Aurangabad; Mannervarlu Scheduled Tribe; tribe claim; respondent No.2–Scrutiny Committee; delay in deciding tribe claim; second round of litigation; order dated 24.03.2026 in Writ Petition No.11596 of 2025; six months stipulated period; service protection till decision of tribe claim; coercive action; communication dated 17.04.2026; Vijaykumar Katake, Deputy Director (Research) and Member Secretary; undertaking to decide within two months; marked ‘X’ for identification; aggravated contempt; writ petition disposed of; Chandrakant Thorat advocate; P.S. Patil A.G.P.; Anil M. Gaikwad advocate; Sandipkumar C. More; Abasaheb D. Shinde.
What did the court decide?
No fresh direction or protective order passed; the Court accepted the Scrutiny Committee's undertaking (communication dated 17.04.2026, taken on record and marked ‘X’) to decide the petitioner's “Mannervarlu” Scheduled Tribe claim within two months, held the existing service protection (till decision of the tribe claim) sufficient, and cautioned that any deviation would be treated as aggravated contempt of the Court's order.