Somnath Sampat Shinde v. The State Of Maharashtra And Others

2026:BHC-AUG:18415-DB 912-ca-4731-2026 -1IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD 912 CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 4731 OF 2026 IN WP/5490/2021 Somnath Sampat Shinde

VERSUS

The State Of Maharashtra And Others ...

Mr. Mahesh B. Karande, Advocate for Applicant Mr. N. B. Patil, AGP for Respondents ...

CORAM : SANDIPKUMAR C. MORE AND ABASAHEB D. SHINDE, JJ.

DATED :

21st APRIL 2026 ORDER (Per Abasaheb D. Shinde J.) :- 1.

Heard.

2.

The petitioner had secured the admission as against a reserved post and completed the education of graduation in B.Sc. (Horticulture). The Respondent/Scrutiny Committee invalidated the petitioner's tribe claim. The petitioner has, therefore, filed the present Writ Petition challenging the said order of invalidation. 3.

The petitioner has now moved this Civil Application seeking return of the Bsc. (Horticulture) Degree Certificate, Leaving Certificate, SSC Mark sheet, HSC Mark sheet and other original documents.

4.

The petitioner is ready to furnish an undertaking stating that Narwade

912-ca-4731-2026 -2henceforth he will not seek admission for the higher course from reserved category, we accept the said statement. This Court has passed similar orders directing the return of original documents after obtaining such undertakings from the concerned petitioners. One such order has been placed on record passed in Civil Application No.10681 of 2025 in Writ Petition No.8442 of 2021 dated 29.09.2025. 5.

In that view of the matter, after furnishing the undertaking before this Court within a period of two (2) weeks from today, we direct the concerned respondents to return petitioner's respective documents after retaining certified copies thereof. 6.

With this direction, Civil Application stands disposed of [ABASAHEB D. SHINDE, J.] [SANDIPKUMAR C. MORE, J.] Narwade