Abhishek Vilas Tayade v. The S.T. Caste Certificate Scrutiny Committee- Thr. Member Secretary And Dy. Director, Amravati

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR WRIT PETITION NO. 3776 OF 2026 Abhishek Vilas Tayade Age: 21 years, Occ: Student R/o Sagad, Balapur, Dist. Akola ...PETITIONER

VERSUS

The Scheduled Tribes Caste Certificate Scrutiny Committee, through it's Member Secretary and Deputy Director, Sanna Building, Opp. Govt. Rest House, Camp, Amravati444601 ...RESPONDENTS --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shri PR.S. Suryawanshi, Advocate for petitioner Ms H.S. Dhande, AGP for respondent/State --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

CORAM

:

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

DATE :

04.05 .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 sole respondent.

4.

Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith.

5.

In view of the order being passed, reply of the Scrutiny Committee is dispensed with.

6.

The present petition seeks a direction to the Scrutiny Committee, Amravati, to decide the caste claim pending, within a stipulated period. It is the grievance of the petitioner that he belonging to 'Thakur' Scheduled Tribe, was issued a certificate on 05.04.2024. Thereafter, on 03.12.2024, the proposal was submitted for verification of his caste claim. The said proposal pends till date. In spite of an application moved on 14.08.2025, no action has been taken, and in that scenario the present petition is filed. 7.

In view of the innocuous relief being prayed in the petition, we direct the respondent Scheduled Tribes Caste Certificate

6 wp 3776-2026.odt 3/3 Scrutiny Committee, Amravati, to decide the caste claim of the petitioner, within three months from the date of the order. 8.

The petitioner to appear before the Scheduled Tribes Caste Certificate Scrutiny Committee, Amravati, on 12.05.2026 and to apprise the said Committee of the order of the Court. 9.

The writ petition is disposed of. Rule is made absolute in the above terms.

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