AVINASH SHANKAR WAGH AND OTHERS vs THE S. T. CASTE CERTIFICATE SCRUTINY COMMITTEE, THR. MEMBER SECY., GONDIA AND ANOTHER — WP/4289/2025

Case under S.c. & S.t. Orders (Amendment) Act Section 226. Disposed: Contested--ALLOWED on 08th May 2026.

Case disposed Next hearing 19-Aug-2025

CNR: HCBM040234212025

Filing Number

WP/17009/2025

Filing Date

25-Jul-2025

Registration No

WP/4289/2025

Registration Date

05-Aug-2025

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

08-May-2026

Nature of Disposal

Contested--ALLOWED

Last updated 18-Jun-2026

Acts & Sections

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

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.AVINASH SHANKAR WAGH AND OTHERS

    Adv. R S PARSODKAR,P. R. PARSODKAR,P. R. PARSODKAR, ,P. R. PARSODKAR

  2. 2.MS. TRUSHNA MORESHWAR WAGH

  3. 3.PAVAN KESHAORAO WAGH

  4. 4.MS. POORVA ISHWAR WAGH

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.THE S. T. CASTE CERTIFICATE SCRUTINY COMMITTEE, THR. MEMBER SECY., GONDIA AND ANOTHER

    Adv. ,DEVENDRA A. MOHGAONKAR,AJAY DINKAR MOHGAONKAR 1123

  2. 2.MAHARASHTRA STATE POWER GENERATION COMPANY LIMITED, MUMBAI, THR. CHAIRMAN

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 08-May-2026

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

    Case Summary: WP/4289/2025 The High Court of Bombay (Nagpur Bench) allowed the writ petition, quashing the Scrutiny Committee's June 2025 order that invalidated "Mana" Scheduled Tribe caste claims of petitioners 1-2 and cancelled validity certificates of petitioners 3-4. The court held that pre-constitutional documents (1916-1949) consistently recording ancestors as "Mana" carry greater probative value than post-independence adverse entries, and directed issuance of validity certificates within four weeks, finding the Committee's reasoning legally unsustainable and perverse. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

  3. 10-Apr-2026

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

  4. 10-Apr-2026

    For Admission - Circulated Matters (Civil Side Matters)

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

  5. 30-Mar-2026

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

  6. 10-Sep-2025

    For Orders-Caste Scrutiny Matters

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Anil S. Kilor , Hon'ble Mrs. Justice Vrushali V. Joshi

  7. 19-Aug-2025

    —

  8. 14-Aug-2025

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Anil S. Kilor,hon'ble Mrs. Justice Vrushali V. JoshiView PDF

  9. 14-Aug-2025

    First hearing

    Initial hearing scheduled

  10. 07-Aug-2025

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Anil S. Kilor,hon'ble Mrs. Justice Vrushali V. JoshiView PDF

  11. 25-Jul-2025

    Case filed

    Registration No. WP/4289/2025

casestatus.in Summary

Case Summary: WP/4289/2025 The High Court of Bombay (Nagpur Bench) allowed the writ petition, quashing the Scrutiny Committee's June 2025 order that invalidated "Mana" Scheduled Tribe caste claims of petitioners 1-2 and cancelled validity certificates of petitioners 3-4. The court held that pre-constitutional documents (1916-1949) consistently recording ancestors as "Mana" carry greater probative value than post-independence adverse entries, and directed issuance of validity certificates within four weeks, finding the Committee's reasoning legally unsustainable and perverse. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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