Rajesh Shankarrao Gajalwad v. The State Of Maharashtra And Another

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

BENCH AT AURANGABAD 926 WRIT PETITION NO.1340 OF 2022 RAJESH SHANKARRAO GAJALWAD

VERSUS

THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANOTHER ...

Advocate for Petitioner: Mr. Thorat Chandrakant R. AGP for Respondents: Mr. S. B. Yawalkar ...

CORAM:S. V. GANGAPURWALA & S. G. DIGE,JJ.

DATE: 28th JANUARY, 2022 PER COURT:

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The certificate of the petitioner is cancelled and confiscated on the ground that the tribe certificate issued to the petitioner mentions wrong nomenclature (Mahadev Koli) of the tribe. The learned Advocate for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has already filed application with the Sub-Divisional Officer for getting tribe certificate of Koli Mahadev Scheduled Tribe with corrected nomenclature, however the application is not decided yet.

2.

The petitioner shall obtain attested copy of the tribe certificate from the Scrutiny Committee and file said attested copy of the tribe certificate of Mahadev Koli with the SubDivisional Officer. After submission of the same,

2 wp 1340.2022 the Sub-Divisional Officer shall consider the attested copy of the tribe certificate issued by the Scrutiny Committee and shall issue corrected tribe certificate of Koli Mahadev Scheduled Tribe to the petitioner within two (02) weeks of the submission of attested copy.

3.

The petitioner thereafter, within a period of two (02) weeks, shall submit the proposal and corrected certificate to the Scrutiny Committee and on receipt of the same, the Scrutiny Committee shall decide the validation proceedings in respect of the tribe claim of the petitioner expeditiously, preferably within six (06) months from the date of submission of the fresh tribe certificate and proposal.

4.

Writ Petition accordingly stands disposed of. No costs.

[S. G. DIGE, J.] [S. V. GANGAPURWALA, J.] marathe