MOHINI D/O HIRAMAN GHARAT AND ANOTHER vs THE VICE-CHAIRMAN/MEMBER-SECRETARY, SCHEDULED TRIBE CASTE CERTI. SCRUTINY COMMITTEE, NAGPUR — WP/607/2020

Case under S.c. & S.t. Orders (Amendment) Act Section 226. Disposed: Contested--ALLOWED on 05th May 2026.

Case disposed Next hearing 29-Jan-2020

CNR: HCBM040027182020

Filing Number

WP/2020/2020

Filing Date

27-Jan-2020

Registration No

WP/607/2020

Registration Date

28-Jan-2020

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

CASTE CERTIFICATE ( 5 )

Sub-Category

ADMISSION ( 1 )

Judicial Branch

Civil

Decision Date

05-May-2026

Nature of Disposal

Contested--ALLOWED

Last updated 18-Jun-2026

Acts & Sections

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

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.MOHINI D/O HIRAMAN GHARAT AND ANOTHER

    Adv. PREETI D RANE

  2. 2.SACHIN S/O HIRAMAN GHARAT

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.THE VICE-CHAIRMAN/MEMBER-SECRETARY, SCHEDULED TRIBE CASTE CERTI. SCRUTINY COMMITTEE, NAGPUR

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 05-May-2026

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

    The Bombay High Court (Nagpur Bench) allowed multiple consolidated writ petitions and declared that the petitioners belong to the 'Mana' Scheduled Tribe. The court set aside the Scrutiny Committee's orders rejecting their caste validity certificates, finding the Committee's reasoning—based on absence of "Scheduled Tribe" designation in old documents, document unavailability, and "Mana Kunbi" entries—to be legally unsustainable. The court emphasized that pre-constitutional documents (1911-1916) carry greater probative value and that "Kunbi" entries likely resulted from writing errors, as no such sub-caste exists in official records. The Scrutiny Committee was directed to issue validity certificates within four weeks. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

  3. 20-Apr-2026

    For Admission - Circulated Matters (Civil Side Matters)

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

  4. 10-Nov-2025

    For Admission-Caste Scrutiny Matters

    Hon'ble Smt. Justice M. S. Jawalkar , Hon'ble Shri Justice Raj D. Wakode

  5. 07-Oct-2025

    For Admission-Caste Scrutiny Matters

    Hon'ble Smt. Justice M. S. Jawalkar , Hon'ble Shri Justice Raj D. Wakode

  6. 20-Sep-2025

    Hon'ble Smt. Justice M. S. Jawalkar,hon'ble Shri Justice Raj D. WakodeView PDF

  7. 11-Jan-2022

    For Admission - (Civil Side Matters)

    Hon'ble Shri Justice A.S. Chandurkar , Hon'ble Shri Justice G. A. Sanap

  8. 15-Dec-2021

    Hon'ble Shri Justice A.S. Chandurkar,hon'ble Shri Justice G. A. SanapView PDF

  9. 09-Dec-2020

    Notification -

    According To Sitting List

  10. 06-Mar-2020

    Petitions For Admission - Fresh (Civil Side Matters)

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Ravi K. Deshpande , Hon'ble Shri Justice Amit B. Borkar

  11. 21-Feb-2020

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Ravi K. Deshpande,hon'ble Shri Justice Amit B. BorkarView PDF

  12. 21-Feb-2020

    Petitions For Admission - Fresh [Civil Side Matters]

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Ravi K. Deshpande , Hon'ble Shri Justice Amit B. Borkar

  13. 05-Feb-2020

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Ravi K. Deshpande,hon'ble Shri Justice Amit B. BorkarView PDF

  14. 05-Feb-2020

    Petitions For Admission - Fresh [Civil Side Matters]

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Ravi K. Deshpande , Hon'ble Shri Justice Amit B. Borkar

  15. 29-Jan-2020

    First hearing

    Initial hearing scheduled

  16. 27-Jan-2020

    Case filed

    Registration No. WP/607/2020

casestatus.in Summary

The Bombay High Court (Nagpur Bench) allowed multiple consolidated writ petitions and declared that the petitioners belong to the 'Mana' Scheduled Tribe. The court set aside the Scrutiny Committee's orders rejecting their caste validity certificates, finding the Committee's reasoning—based on absence of "Scheduled Tribe" designation in old documents, document unavailability, and "Mana Kunbi" entries—to be legally unsustainable. The court emphasized that pre-constitutional documents (1911-1916) carry greater probative value and that "Kunbi" entries likely resulted from writing errors, as no such sub-caste exists in official records. The Scrutiny Committee was directed to issue validity certificates within four weeks. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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