1 952.WP-11351-2025.doc IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD 952 WRIT PETITION NO. 11351 OF 2025 VAIBHAV GOVINDRAO PILANGWAD VERSUS THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THROUGH ITS SECRETARY AND ANOTHER ... Advocate for the Petitioner : Mr. Chandrakant R. Thorat And Omprakash D. Totawad Addl.G.P. for Respondent/State : Ms.R.P. Gour CORAM : R.G. AVACHAT AND ABASAHEB D. SHINDE, JJ. DATE : 18.09.2025 PER COURT : . Heard both sides. 2. The petitioners impugned the order dated 09.09.2025 passed by the Respondent No.2/Scrutiny Committee thereby invalidating the tribe claims of the petitioners belonging to ‘Mannervarlu’ Scheduled Tribe. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the blood relatives from the family of the petitioners have been granted conditional validities by this Court in rit Petition No.5349 of 2019 vide order dated 03.03.2022 and Writ Petition No.1992 of 2022 vide order dated 12.07.2023. The learned A.G.P did not dispute the said fact. Therefore, we are inclined to allow this Writ Petition by setting aside the order dated 09.09.2025 passed by Respondent 2025:BHC-AUG:25241-DB 2 952.WP-11351-2025.doc No.2/Scrutiny Committee. We, thus, pass following order : ORDER A) The common Judgment and Order dated 09.09.2025 passed by the Respondent/Scrutiny Committee is quashed and set-aside. B) The Respondent No.2/Scrutiny Committee shall issue tribe validity certificate to the petitioner as belonging to ‘Mannervarlu’ Scheduled Tribe within a period of two (02) weeks from today on following conditions : (i) The validity certificate shall be subject to the outcome of the scrutiny undertaken by the committee for reverification. (ii) The petitioner shall not claim any equity and shall co-operate with the enquiry of reverification. (ABASAHEB D. SHINDE, J.) ( R.G. AVACHAT, J.) vsj..