*1* 980wp8864o19 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 8864 OF 2019 MURLIDHAR KISHANRAO POPULWAD VERSUS THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS ... Shri G.B. Patunkar, Advocate h/f Shri Vibhute Sunil M., Advocate for the Petitioner. Shri S.V. Hange, AGP for Respondent Nos.1 and 2/State. Shri Pulkundwar Santosh B., Advocate for respondent Nos.3 and 4. ... CORAM : MANGESH S. PATIL & PRAFULLA S. KHUBALKAR, JJ. DATE : 07th February, 2025 Per Court :- Heard both sides. 2. The petitioner is challenging the common judgment and order in his matter and his daughter (Tanupriya) whereby, the respondent Scrutiny Committee has refused to validate their ‘Mannervarlu’, Scheduled Tribe certificates. The order under challenge is dated 18.07.2019. 3. It is being pointed out that Tanupriya Murlidhar Populwad had put up challenge to the selfsame order in Writ 2025:BHC-AUG:3678-DB *2* 980wp8864o19 Petition No.8860/2019. By order dated 31.07.2019, for the reasons recorded therein, the impugned order was quashed and set aside to her extent and she was held entitled to have a certificate of validity further making it co-terminus with the validities which the Committee has decided to reopen. 4. For the selfsame reasons as have been recorded in the matter of Tanupriya (supra), the Writ Petition is allowed. The impugned order is quashed and set aside even to the extent of the petitioner. Respondent No.2 Scrutiny Committee shall immediately issue a certificate of validity to the petitioner of ‘Mannervarlu’, Scheduled Tribe, which shall be co-terminus with the validities which the Committee has decided to reopen. kps ( PRAFULLA S. KHUBALKAR, J.) ( MANGESH S. PATIL, J.)