( 1 ) wp13052.26 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD 8 WRIT PETITION NO. 13052 OF 2026 RUPALI GOPAL NAGAMWAD VERSUS THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THR SECRETARY AND ANOTHER Mr. O.D. Totawad, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. K.N. Lokhande, AGP for the respondent-State. CORAM : KISHORE C. SANT & JITENDRA JAIN, JJ. DATE : 29.09.2026 PC :- 01. Heard learned Advocate for the petitioner and learned AGP for the respondent-State. By consent taken up for final disposal. 02. The petitioner is appointed as a Stenographer in the Agricultural Department, State of Maharashtra, by order dated 16.10.2025 against a post reserved for Scheduled Tribe person. There is stipulation in clause No.9 of the appointment order that the petitioner shall produce validity certificate as belonging to Scheduled Tribe. Her claim is lodged with the Scrutiny Committee on 17.02.2026. It is case of the petitioner that till now the claim is not decided. If it is not decided within stipulated period and if she fails to produce validity certificate, the employer is likely to take action against her. 2026:BHC-AUG:44579-DB ( 2 ) wp13052.26 03. In this background, the petitioner has approached this Court seeking direction to the Scrutiny Committee to decide the tribe claim of the petitioner within stipulated period. 04. Considering the difficulty of the petitioner, respondent No.2- the Scrutiny Committee to decide tribe claim of the petitioner within six months from today. Till said period, we hope and expect, no action will be taken against the petitioner solely on the basis of non-production of tribe certificate. This protection shall expire after six months from today or till decision of the Scrutiny Committee, whichever is earlier. The petitioner to co-operate the Scrutiny Committee in early disposal of the tribe claim, without seeking single adjournment. 05. With the above, this Writ Petition is allowed and is disposed off. [JITENDRA JAIN, J.] [KISHORE C. SANT, J.] snk/2026/Sep26/wp13052.26