4834.25wp (1) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD 967 WRIT PETITION NO. 4834 OF 2025 YADAV VITHOBA KOLOD VERSUS 1. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA, THR. ITS SECRETARY, TRIBAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, MUMBAI 2. THE SCHEDULED TRIBE CERTIFICATE SCRUTINY COMMITTEE, KINWAT 3. THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, ZILLA PARISHAD, NANDED 4. THE BLOCK DEVELOPMENT OFFICER, PANCHAYAT SAMITI, BILOLI, DIST. NANDED …. Mr P. V. Jadhavar, Advocate for petitioner Mr V. M. Kagne, A.G.P. for respondent Nos.1 & 2 CORAM : MANGESH S. PATIL AND PRAFULLA S. KHUBALKAR, JJ. DATE : 8th April, 2025 PER COURT: 1. Heard the learned advocate for the petitioner as well as the learned A.G.P. 2. By a common order, the respondent/committee has invalidated tribe claim of the petitioner and his son Yogesh Yadav Kolod on 11/10/2022. In Writ Petition no.10832/2023, by the order dated 01/09/2023, the impugned order has been quashed and set aside qua Yogesh. 2025:BHC-AUG:10568-DB 4834.25wp (2) 3. For the reasons recorded in the matter of Yogesh (supra), the writ petition is allowed. The impugned order is quashed and set aside to the petitioner’s extent. The petitioner is held entitled to have a certificate of validity. The committee shall immediately issue certificate of validity to the petitioner which shall be coterminus with the validities in the family of the petitioner which the committee has decided to reopen. (PRAFULLA S. KHUBALKAR, J.) (MANGESH S. PATIL, J.) sjk