KU. ADITI LAXMIKANT NANNORE vs THE SCHEDULED TRIBE CERTIFICATE SCRUTINY COMMITTEE, AMRAVATI THR. MEMBER SECY. — WP/604/2023

Case under Constitution of India Section 226. Disposed: Contested--ALLOWED on 17th April 2026.

Case disposed

CNR: HCBM040000022023

Filing Number

WP/2/2023

Filing Date

02-Jan-2023

Registration No

WP/604/2023

Registration Date

23-Jan-2023

Judge

Hon'ble Smt. Justice M. S. Jawalkar , Hon'ble Shri Justice Nandesh Shankarrao Deshpande

Coram

Hon'ble Smt. Justice M. S. Jawalkar , Hon'ble Shri Justice Nandesh Shankarrao Deshpande

Bench Type

Division

Category

APPOINTMENT OF CONSTITUTIONAL FUNCTIONARIES ( 3 )

Sub-Category

OTHERS ( 99 )

Judicial Branch

Civil

Decision Date

17-Apr-2026

Nature of Disposal

Contested--ALLOWED

Last updated 28-May-2026

Acts & Sections

Constitution of India Section 226
S.c. & S.t. Orders (Amendment) Act

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.KU. ADITI LAXMIKANT NANNORE

    Adv. NARAYAN DINBAJI JAMBHULE,SUNIL PRABHAT KHARE,SUNIL PRABHAT KHARE, ,SUNIL PRABHAT KHARE

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.THE SCHEDULED TRIBE CERTIFICATE SCRUTINY COMMITTEE, AMRAVATI THR. MEMBER SECY.

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 17-Apr-2026

    Hon'ble Smt. Justice M. S. Jawalkar,hon'ble Shri Justice Nandesh Shankarrao DeshpandeView PDF

    Case Summary: WP/604/2023 Court Decision: The Nagpur Bench of Bombay High Court allowed the writ petition and quashed the Scrutiny Committee's invalidation order dated 05.09.2022, declaring the petitioner belongs to "Mana" Scheduled Tribe and directing issuance of a validity certificate within four weeks. Key Reasoning: The court found the Committee's order arbitrary and contrary to binding Supreme Court precedent establishing "Mana" as a distinct Scheduled Tribe. The court rejected the Committee's reliance on pre-independence revenue records showing "Kunbi," "Mani," or "Mane Kunbi" entries, noting the State's own 1985 resolution acknowledged these names are interchangeable and attributable to transliteration errors. The decision highlighted inconsistency: another Committee had granted identical "Mana" status to a similarly-situated applicant, and the petitioner's mother already held a valid "Mana" certificate—departing from which requires proven fraud, not alleged here. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

  3. 09-Mar-2026

    Hon'ble Smt. Justice M. S. Jawalkar,hon'ble Shri Justice Nandesh Shankarrao DeshpandeView PDF

  4. 09-Mar-2026

    For Admission - Circulated Matters (Civil Side Matters)

    Hon'ble Smt. Justice M. S. Jawalkar , Hon'ble Shri Justice Nandesh Shankarrao Deshpande

  5. 02-Feb-2026

    Hon'ble Smt. Justice M. S. Jawalkar,hon'ble Shri Justice Nandesh Shankarrao DeshpandeView PDF

  6. 14-Oct-2024

    For Admission--

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Avinash G. Gharote , Hon'ble Smt. Justice M. S. Jawalkar

  7. 27-Sep-2024

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Avinash G. Gharote,hon'ble Smt. Justice M. S. JawalkarView PDF

  8. 27-Sep-2024

    For Admission - Circulated Matters (Civil Side Matters)

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Avinash G. Gharote , Hon'ble Smt. Justice M. S. Jawalkar

  9. 26-Oct-2023

    For Admission - (Civil Side Matters)

    Hon'ble Shri Justice A.S. Chandurkar , Hon'ble Mrs. Justice Vrushali V. Joshi

  10. 05-Oct-2023

    Hon'ble Shri Justice A.S. Chandurkar,hon'ble Mrs. Justice Vrushali V. JoshiView PDF

  11. 05-Oct-2023

    For Admission - (Civil Side Matters)

    Hon'ble Shri Justice A.S. Chandurkar , Hon'ble Mrs. Justice Vrushali V. Joshi

  12. 20-Sep-2023

    Hon'ble Shri Justice A.S. Chandurkar,hon'ble Mrs. Justice Vrushali V. JoshiView PDF

  13. 03-Jul-2023

    For Admission - (Civil Side Matters)

    Hon'ble Shri Justice A.S. Chandurkar , Hon'ble Mrs. Justice Vrushali V. Joshi

  14. 12-Jun-2023

    Hon'ble Shri Justice A.S. Chandurkar,hon'ble Mrs. Justice Vrushali V. JoshiView PDF

  15. 12-Jun-2023

    For Admission - (Civil Side Matters)

    Hon'ble Shri Justice A.S. Chandurkar , Hon'ble Shri Justice M. W. Chandwani

  16. 27-Apr-2023

    Hon'ble Shri Justice A.S. Chandurkar,hon'ble Shri Justice M. W. ChandwaniView PDF

  17. 27-Apr-2023

    For Admission - (Civil Side Matters)

    Hon'ble Shri Justice A.S. Chandurkar , Hon'ble Shri Justice M. W. Chandwani

  18. 21-Apr-2023

    Hon'ble Shri Justice A.S. Chandurkar,hon'ble Shri Justice M. W. ChandwaniView PDF

  19. 12-Apr-2023

    For Admission - (Civil Side Matters)

    Hon'ble Shri Justice A.S. Chandurkar , Hon'ble Shri Justice M. W. Chandwani

  20. 29-Mar-2023

    Hon'ble Shri Justice A.S. Chandurkar,hon'ble Shri Justice M. W. ChandwaniView PDF

  21. 23-Mar-2023

    For Admission - (Civil Side Matters)

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Sunil B. Shukre , Hon'ble Shri Justice M. W. Chandwani

  22. 01-Mar-2023

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Sunil B. Shukre,hon'ble Shri Justice M. W. ChandwaniView PDF

  23. 22-Feb-2023

    Fresh Admission (Civil Side Matters)

    Hon'ble Shri Justice A.S. Chandurkar , Hon'ble Mrs. Justice Vrushali V. Joshi

  24. 25-Jan-2023

    Hon'ble Shri Justice A.S. Chandurkar,hon'ble Mrs. Justice Vrushali V. JoshiView PDF

  25. 25-Jan-2023

    First hearing

    Initial hearing scheduled

  26. 02-Jan-2023

    Case filed

    Registration No. WP/604/2023

casestatus.in Summary

Case Summary: WP/604/2023 Court Decision: The Nagpur Bench of Bombay High Court allowed the writ petition and quashed the Scrutiny Committee's invalidation order dated 05.09.2022, declaring the petitioner belongs to "Mana" Scheduled Tribe and directing issuance of a validity certificate within four weeks. Key Reasoning: The court found the Committee's order arbitrary and contrary to binding Supreme Court precedent establishing "Mana" as a distinct Scheduled Tribe. The court rejected the Committee's reliance on pre-independence revenue records showing "Kunbi," "Mani," or "Mane Kunbi" entries, noting the State's own 1985 resolution acknowledged these names are interchangeable and attributable to transliteration errors. The decision highlighted inconsistency: another Committee had granted identical "Mana" status to a similarly-situated applicant, and the petitioner's mother already held a valid "Mana" certificate—departing from which requires proven fraud, not alleged here. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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