Ganesh S/O. Ramesh Randive v. the State of Maharashtra, Thr. Secy., Tribal Development Department, Mumbai and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Caste validity; caste claim; caste validation proposal dated 10/10/2025; Scheduled Tribes Caste Certificate Scrutiny Committee, Chandrapur; four-month timeline for decision; protection of services during pendency; restraint on coercive steps by Respondent No.3/MSEDCL; Ganesh Ramesh Randive v. The State of Maharashtra & Ors.; WRIT PETITION NO. 4019 OF 2026; High Court of Judicature at Bombay, Nagpur Bench; decided 08/05/2026; Bench: SMT. M. S. JAWALKAR and NANDESH S. DESHPANDE, JJ.; petition disposed of with directions; no costs.
What did the court decide?
Writ Petition disposed of with directions: Respondent No.2/Scrutiny Committee, Chandrapur to decide the caste-validation proposal dated 10/10/2025 within four months from production of the order; Petitioner to appear before the Committee on 14th May, 2026 at 11.00 a.m.; Respondent No.3/MSEDCL not to take coercive steps against the Petitioner till the decision of the proposal; no order as to costs.