BABU NAGANNA TOTOD vs THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THROUGH ITS SECRETARY AND OTHERS — WP/774/2026

Case under Constitution of India Section 226. Disposed: Contested--DISPOSED OFF on 06th May 2026.

Case disposed

CNR: HCBM030017342026

Filing Number

WP/1297/2026

Filing Date

13-Jan-2026

Registration No

WP/774/2026

Registration Date

20-Jan-2026

Judge

Hon'ble Shri Justice Sandipkumar C. More , Hon'ble Shri Justice Abasaheb D. Shinde

Coram

Hon'ble Shri Justice Sandipkumar C. More , Hon'ble Shri Justice Abasaheb D. Shinde

Bench Type

Division

Judicial Branch

Civil

Decision Date

06-May-2026

Nature of Disposal

Contested--DISPOSED OFF

Last updated 14-Jun-2026

Acts & Sections

Constitution of India Section 226
Caste Claim - St

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.BABU NAGANNA TOTOD

    Adv. JADHAVAR PRATAP V.

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THROUGH ITS SECRETARY AND OTHERS

    Adv. A G TALHAR FOR R NO 3,AGP FOR R NO 1 AND 2,Zakade Shrikrishna Nilkantrao FOR R.NO. 3 1123

  2. 2.THE SCHEDULED TRIBE CERTIFICATE SCRUTINY COMMITTEE

  3. 3.THE ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER ADMIN O/O G. M. T.

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 06-May-2026

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Sandipkumar C. More,hon'ble Shri Justice Abasaheb D. ShindeView PDF

    The High Court of Bombay (Aurangabad Bench) partially allowed petitioner Babu Naganna Totod's writ petition challenging the Scrutiny Committee's invalidation of his Scheduled Tribe (Mannervarlu) claim. The court quashed the invalidation order and directed issuance of a conditional validity certificate, reasoning that the petitioner's son Saurabh had received conditional validity for the same tribe claim based on identical documentary evidence, and the State did not dispute their relationship. The certificate remains conditional pending re-verification of another family member's validity. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

  3. 06-Apr-2026

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    Hon'ble Shri Justice Sandipkumar C. More , Hon'ble Shri Justice Abasaheb D. Shinde

  4. 23-Jan-2026

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Sandipkumar C. More,hon'ble Shri Justice Abasaheb D. ShindeView PDF

  5. 23-Jan-2026

    First hearing

    Initial hearing scheduled

  6. 13-Jan-2026

    Case filed

    Registration No. WP/774/2026

casestatus.in Summary

The High Court of Bombay (Aurangabad Bench) partially allowed petitioner Babu Naganna Totod's writ petition challenging the Scrutiny Committee's invalidation of his Scheduled Tribe (Mannervarlu) claim. The court quashed the invalidation order and directed issuance of a conditional validity certificate, reasoning that the petitioner's son Saurabh had received conditional validity for the same tribe claim based on identical documentary evidence, and the State did not dispute their relationship. The certificate remains conditional pending re-verification of another family member's validity. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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