W.P. No.12827/2024 :: 1 :: IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO.12827 OF 2024 Pramod s/o Dashrath Patil … PETITIONER VERSUS The State of Maharashtra & ors. … RESPONDENTS ....... Mr. C.R. Thorat, Advocate for petitioner Mr. P.K. Lakhotiya,A.G.P. for State ....… CORAM : R.G. AVACHAT AND ABASAHEB D. SHINDE, JJ. DATE : 16th OCTOBER, 2025 O R D E R : Heard. The petitioner is challenging the order dated 11/9/2024, passed by respondent No.2 Caste Scrutiny Committee. Learned counsel for the petitioner has placed on record copy of order dated 8/7/2025, passed by this Court in Writ Petition No.11602/2024, in the case of Krutika Hemant Patil, who is niece of the present petitioner, this Court, by setting aside the order dated 11/9/2024 impugned herein, has directed the respondent No.2 Caste Scrutiny 2025:BHC-AUG:29707-DB W.P. No.12827/2024 :: 2 :: Committee to issue caste validity certificate to the said petitioner. 2. In the light of the fact that the order impugned in this Writ Petition is a common order passed in respect of Krutika Patil (supra) and the petitioner, we propose to pass the same order. O R D E R (i) The Writ Petition is partly allowed. (ii) The impugned order dated 11/9/2024, passed by the respondent No.2 Committee is hereby quashed and set aside. (iii) The respondent No.2 Committee shall issue validity certificate to the petitioner towards “Tokre Koli”, Scheduled Tribe within a period of one week from today. (iv) The validity of the petitioner’s claim shall be subject to the validity of his brother. (ABASAHEB D. SHINDE, J.) (R.G. AVACHAT, J.) fmp/-