Meghana Ramesh Thakur v. the State of Maharashtra through Principal Secretary and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Scheduled Tribe claim verification; 'Thakur' Scheduled Tribe claim pending before Maharashtra Scrutiny Committee since 23.11.2023; vigilance cell enquiry completed and report submitted; Court direction to decide claim within preferably two months; petitioner to appear on 16.04.2026; writ petition disposed of; Bombay High Court Aurangabad Bench; oral order per Abasaheb D. Shinde, J.; coram Sandipkumar C. More and Abasaheb D. Shinde, JJ.
What did the court decide?
Direction to respondent No.2 Scrutiny Committee to decide the petitioner's 'Thakur' Scheduled Tribe claim as expeditiously as possible, preferably within two months from the date of the order (7 April 2026); the petitioner undertook to appear before the Scrutiny Committee on 16.04.2026 to file her reply to the vigilance cell report. ¶¶17