( 1 ) 948-WP-10113-2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD 948 WRIT PETITION NO. 10113 OF 2025 Yogita Hanmant Ronte And Another ...Petitioners VERSUS The State Of Maharashtra And Another ...Respondents ... Mr. Chandrakant R. Thorat, Advocate for the Petitioners. Mr. A. S. Shinde, Addl.G.P. for Respondent-State. ... CORAM : KISHORE C. SANT & AJIT B. KADETHANKAR, JJ. DATE : 25th JUNE 2026. PC :- 1. Learned Advocate for the petitioners has placed on record a copy of order dated 01.08.2023 passed by this Court in Writ Petition No.9144 of 2023, thereby quashing and setting aside the order passed by the Respondent No.2/Scrutiny Committee and further directing the Scrutiny Committee to issue a Tribe Validity Certificate to the petitioners immediately as belonging to “Koli Mahadev”, (Scheduled Tribe). ( 2 ) 948-WP-10113-2025 2. The learned Advocate for the petitioners submits that the said petition was filed by the real brother of the present petitioners, who was granted a Tribe Validity Certificate, subject to decision taken by the Committee in a case that was reopened in respect of the relative of the present petitioners. 3. Learned AGP does not dispute the said position and fact that the present petitioners happen to be the real sisters of the petitioner, Yogesh Hanmant Ronte, in Writ Petition No.9144 of 2023. 4. We, therefore, deem it appropriate to pass similar order in the present writ petition. Hence, following order: ORDER (i) The writ petition is partly allowed. (ii) The impugned order is quashed and set aside. (iii) The committee shall immediately issue tribe validity certificate to the petitioners as belonging to “Koli Mahadev” Scheduled Tribe, which shall be subject to the decision to be taken by the Committee in the reopened matters. ( 3 ) 948-WP-10113-2025 (iv) Writ petition stands disposed off. (v) Parties to act upon authenticated copy of this order. [AJIT B. KADETHANKAR, J.] [KISHORE C. SANT, J.] D.A.ETHAPE