Kasturbai Dnyanoba Gandhale v. Schedule Tribe Certificate Scrutiny Committee Through Its Member Secretary And Others

2025:BHC-AUG:6382-DB 3069.25wp etc (1)

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

BENCH AT AURANGABAD 905 WRIT PETITION NO. 3069 OF 2025 KEVALBAI SATISH IRMALE

VERSUS

SCHEDULE TRIBE CERTIFICATE SCRUTINY COMMITTEE THROUGH ITS MEMBER SECRETARY AND OTHERS AND 906 WRIT PETITION NO. 3070 OF 2025 KASTURBAI DNYANOBA GANDHALE

VERSUS

SCHEDULE TRIBE CERTIFICATE SCRUTINY COMMITTEE THROUGH ITS MEMBER SECRETARY AND OTHERS ....

Mr S. S. Phatale, Advocate for petitioners in both petitions Mr V. M. Kagne and Mr S. V. Hange, A.G.Ps. for respondents/State in respective petitions CORAM : MANGESH S. PATIL AND PRAFULLA S. KHUBALKAR, JJ.

DATE : 4th March, 2025 PER COURT:

1.

The petitioners have been elected as members of the village panchayat against a reserved seat and are now awaiting validation of their respective tribe certificates. 2.

Learned A.G.Ps., on instructions, submit that the respondent No.1/Scheduled Tribe Certificate Scrutiny Committee,

3069.25wp etc (2) Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar would decide proposals of the petitioners within a period of six months.

3.

We dispose of the writ petitions with a direction to the respondent/scrutiny committee to decide the proposals of the petitioners within a period of three months.

(PRAFULLA S. KHUBALKAR, J.) (MANGESH S. PATIL, J.) sjk