Aditi D/O Yadav Narnaware v. Dy. Director And Member-Secretary, S.T. Certificate Scrutiny Committee, Nagpur

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR WRIT PETITION NO. 3625 OF 2026 Ms. Aditi D/o Yadav Narnaware Aged about 18 years, Occ. Student R/o. At Indapur, Post. HiwaraHiwri, Tah. Bhiwapur, District Nagpur ...PETITIONER

VERSUS

Deputy Director and MemberSecretary, Schedule Tribe Certificate, Scrutiny Committee, Nagpur, office at in front of R.T.O, Office, Giripeth, Amravatri Road, Nagpur ...RESPONDENT --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shri Ananta Ramteke, Advocate for petitioner Ms M.S. Naik, AGP for respondent/State --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

CORAM

:

SMT. M.S. JAWALKAR AND NANDESH S. DESHPANDE, JJ.

DATE :

29.04 .2026 ORAL JUDGMENT (PER :

NANDESH S. DESHPANDE, JJ.

) Heard.

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Issue notice to the respondent.

3.

Learned Assistant Government Pleader waives notice for the sole respondent/State.

4.

Rule. Rule is made returnable forthwith. Heard finally with the consent of the parties.

5.

In view of the limited and innocuous prayer in the petition, we do not think it fit to call for any reply from the learned Assistant Government Pleader.

6.

The Petition seeks a direction to the Scrutiny Committee to decide the Tribe claim of the petitioner for 'Mana' Scheduled Tribe as expeditiously as possible and within a particular time frame. 7.

On 27.03.2024 Deputy Collector/Sub-Divisional Officer issued a tribe certificate in favour of the petitioner. Thereafter, on 06.12.2024, the petitioner approached the Scrutiny Committee for verification of the said claim and for grant of validity certificate. The said claim is still pending with the Scrutiny Committee. In view of the fact that the petitioner is intending to pursue her career in engineering field, she apprehends that the non-availability of the

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8.

We have considered the contentions canvassed by the learned Counsel for the parties. As can be seen, the proposal for validity is already pending with the Scrutiny Committee since 06.12.2024. In view of the same, we direct the Scrutiny Committee to decide the said claim as expeditiously as possible and not later than three months from the date of this order.

9.

The petitioner to submit this order of this Court to the Scrutiny Committee on 05.05.2026 to avoid any further complication.

10.

The petition is disposed of in the above terms. 11.

Rule accordingly. No order as to costs.

(NANDESH S. DESHPANDE, J.) (SMT. M.S. JAWALKAR, J.) Jayashree..