VIJAY BABURAO THAKUR vs THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS — WP/4468/2021

Case under Constitution of India Section 226. Disposed: Contested--DISPOSED OFF on 05th May 2026.

Case disposed Next hearing 11-Mar-2021

CNR: HCBM030089942021

Filing Number

WP/7435/2021

Filing Date

25-Feb-2021

Registration No

WP/4468/2021

Registration Date

10-Mar-2021

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

Category

SERVICE MATTERS OTHER THAN ID ACT AND RELATED ENACTMENT ( 35 )

Sub-Category

RESERVATION IN SERVICE FOR ST ( 22 )

Judicial Branch

Civil

Decision Date

05-May-2026

Nature of Disposal

Contested--DISPOSED OFF

Last updated 14-Jun-2026

Acts & Sections

Constitution of India Section 226

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.VIJAY BABURAO THAKUR

    Adv. Yeramwar Sushant C.

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS

    Adv. AGP FOR R.NO. 1 AND 2,R.NO 3 SERVED 1123

  2. 2.THE SCHEDULED TRIBE CERTIFICATE SCRUTINY COMMITTEE THROUGH MEMBER SECRETARY

  3. 3.SHRI BHAUSAHEB HIRE GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL THROUGH DEAN

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 05-May-2026

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

    Case Summary: WP/4468/2021 The Bombay High Court (Aurangabad Bench) allowed Vijay Baburao Thakur's petition challenging the Scheduled Tribe Certificate Scrutiny Committee's invalidation of his Thakur tribe claim. The court held that pre-independence era documents (grandfather's 1926 school record and father's 1952 school record) establishing Thakur caste cannot be disregarded, and that affinity test and area restriction criteria do not disentitle claimants from obtaining validity certificates. The impugned order was quashed and the committee directed to issue a validity certificate. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

  3. 16-Apr-2026

    Due Admission CIVIL

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

  4. 06-Mar-2026

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

  5. 06-Mar-2026

    Due Admission CIVIL

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

  6. 17-Feb-2026

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

  7. 17-Feb-2026

    Due Admission CIVIL

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

  8. 03-Feb-2026

    Due Admission CIVIL

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

  9. 20-Jan-2026

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

  10. 20-Jan-2026

    —

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

  11. 13-Jan-2026

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

  12. 18-Dec-2025

    Due Admission CIVIL

    Hon'ble Shri Justice N. B. Suryawanshi , Hon'ble Justice Vaishali Patil-Jadhav

  13. 19-Nov-2025

    Urgent Circulation - CIVIL

    Hon'ble Shri Justice R. G. Avachat , Hon'ble Shri Justice Abasaheb D. Shinde

  14. 09-Oct-2025

    Hon'ble Shri Justice R. G. Avachat,hon'ble Shri Justice Abasaheb D. ShindeView PDF

  15. 09-Oct-2025

    Urgent Circulation - CIVIL

    Hon'ble Shri Justice R. G. Avachat , Hon'ble Shri Justice Abasaheb D. Shinde

  16. 16-Sep-2025

    —

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Manish Pitale , Hon'ble Shri Justice Y. G. Khobragade

  17. 30-Jul-2025

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Manish Pitale,hon'ble Shri Justice Y. G. KhobragadeView PDF

  18. 30-Jul-2025

    Urgent Circulation - CIVIL

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Manish Pitale , Hon'ble Shri Justice Y. G. Khobragade

  19. 01-Jul-2025

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Manish Pitale,hon'ble Shri Justice Y. G. KhobragadeView PDF

  20. 01-Jul-2025

    Urgent Circulation - CIVIL

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Mangesh S. Patil , Hon'ble Shri Justice Y. G. Khobragade

  21. 28-Mar-2025

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Mangesh S. Patil,hon'ble Shri Justice Y. G. KhobragadeView PDF

  22. 28-Mar-2025

    Urgent Circulation - CIVIL

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Mangesh S. Patil , Hon'ble Shri Justice Prafulla S. Khubalkar

  23. 11-Feb-2025

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Mangesh S. Patil,hon'ble Shri Justice Prafulla S. KhubalkarView PDF

  24. 11-Feb-2025

    —

    Hon'ble Shri Justice S. G. Mehare , Hon'ble Shri Justice Shailesh P. Brahme

  25. 02-Dec-2024

    Hon'ble Shri Justice S. G. Mehare,hon'ble Shri Justice Shailesh P. BrahmeView PDF

  26. 10-Jun-2024

    For Orders

    Registrar

  27. 29-Aug-2023

    —

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Mangesh S. Patil , Hon'ble Shri Justice Shailesh P. Brahme

  28. 18-Jul-2023

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Mangesh S. Patil,hon'ble Shri Justice Shailesh P. BrahmeView PDF

  29. 06-May-2021

    Petitions For Admission - Fresh CIVIL Side Matters

    Hon'ble Shri Justice S V Gangapurwala , Hon'ble Shri Justice Shrikant D. Kulkarni

  30. 11-Mar-2021

    Hon'ble Shri Justice S V Gangapurwala,hon'ble Shri Justice Shrikant D. KulkarniView PDF

  31. 11-Mar-2021

    First hearing

    Initial hearing scheduled

  32. 25-Feb-2021

    Case filed

    Registration No. WP/4468/2021

casestatus.in Summary

Case Summary: WP/4468/2021 The Bombay High Court (Aurangabad Bench) allowed Vijay Baburao Thakur's petition challenging the Scheduled Tribe Certificate Scrutiny Committee's invalidation of his Thakur tribe claim. The court held that pre-independence era documents (grandfather's 1926 school record and father's 1952 school record) establishing Thakur caste cannot be disregarded, and that affinity test and area restriction criteria do not disentitle claimants from obtaining validity certificates. The impugned order was quashed and the committee directed to issue a validity certificate. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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