111.WP.7353.2026 1/2 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR WRIT PETITION NO. 7353 OF 2026 Janhvi Vinod Dhade, being minor through Natural Guardian i.e. Father Vinod Aatmaram Dhade Vs. State of Maharashtra & Anr. ______________________________________________________________________________ Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, Appearances, Court's orders of directions Court's or Judge's order and Registrar's orders. Ms. Rajeshree S. Kabra, Advocate for the Petitioner. Ms. Shamsi Haider, AGP for the Respondents/State. ------------------------------- CORAM : URMILA JOSHI-PHALKE AND R AJ D. WAKODE , JJ. DATE : 28.09.2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner. 2. The petitioner seeks challenge to the impugned order dated 09.07.2026. The aforesaid order is placed on record at page No. 18 (Annexure-1). By virtue of the aforesaid order, the learned Sub-Divisional Officer, Malkapur, has rejected the petitioner’s application for issuance of a caste certificate belonging to the ‘Koli Mahadeo’ Scheduled Tribe. 3. The petitioner has challenged the aforesaid order before this Court. However, the fact remains that the petitioner has an alternate statutory remedy of preferring an appeal under Section 5 of the Maharashtra Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, De-notified Tribes (Vimukta Jatis), Nomadic Tribes, Other Backward Classes and Special Backward Category (Regulation of Issuance and Verification of) Caste Certificate Act, 2000, before the jurisdictional Caste Scrutiny Committee, Amravati. 2026:BHC-NAG:12846-DB 111.WP.7353.2026 2/2 4. In view of the above, learned counsel for the petitioner, upon instructions, seeks permission to withdraw the present writ petition with liberty to approach the jurisdictional Caste Scrutiny Committee and challenge the aforesaid order passed by the learned Sub-Divisional Officer. 5. Permission is granted. 6. The writ petition is disposed of as withdrawn with liberty as prayed for. 7. It is made clear that we have not dealt with the grounds raised in the present petition on merits. The Caste Scrutiny Committee shall decide the appeal filed by the petitioner on its own merits and in accordance with law, more particularly in view of the judgment dated 21.04.2026 passed by this Court in Writ Petition No. 3280 of 2026. (RAJ D. WAKODE, J.) (URMILA JOSHI-PHALKE, J.) Vijaykumar Signed by: Mr. Vijay Kumar Designation: PA To Honourable Judge Date: 29/09/2026 12:32:07