Ku. Tejaswini Shamkant Ghormare, Thr. Her Legal Guardian Natural Father, Shamkant Ghormare v. The State Of Maharashtra, Thr. Secretary, Tribal Development Dept., Mumbai And Another

1 WP3968-24.odt

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR WRIT PETITION NO. 3968/2024 (TEJASWINI SHAMKANT GHORMARE THROUGH LEGAL GUARDIAN FATHER SHAMKANT GHORMARE VERSUS THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA & ANOTHER) Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders of directions Court's or Judge's order and Registrar's orders.

Shri Nitin Meshram, Advocate with Shri N.D. Jambhule, counsel for the petitioner. Shri J.Y. Ghurde, Assistant Government Pleader for the respondents. CORAM : NITIN W. SAMBRE AND ABHAY J. MANTRI , JJ .

D ATE : JULY 04 , Heard the learned counsel for the parties.

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The writ petition is disposed of by directing the petitioner to appear before the respondent no.2-The Scheduled Tribe Caste Certificate Scrutiny Committee, Gondia on July 08, 2024. The respondent no.2-Scrutiny Committee is directed to take a decision on the caste claim of the petitioner within a period of eight weeks from the date of appearance of the petitioner. While taking the decision, the respondent no.2-Scrutiny Committee shall be sensitive to the observations made by the Apex Court in paragraph 23 of the judgment in Maharashtra Adiwasi Thakur Jamat Swarakshan Samiti Versus State of Maharashtra & Others [2023(2) Mh.L.J. 785] as it is claimed by the counsel for the petitioner that number of blood relations of the petitioner are holding the caste validity certificate.

3.

Order accordingly. No costs.

(ABHAY J. MANTRI, J.) (NITIN W. SAMBRE, J.) APTE