OP-920-WP 13254.2026.doc Kavita S.J. IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.13254 OF 2026 Bhimashankar Lingoji Jawadawad ...Petitioner Versus The State of Maharashtra & Ors., ...Respondents ---------- Mr. Sahil Chaudhari for the Petitioner. Mr. S.B. Kalel, AGP for Respondent No.1 – State. Mr. Rui Rodrigues for Respondent No.2 – State CET Cell. Mr. Shailendra Kanetkar a/w Mr. Pranay Kothari for Respondent No.3 – ILS Law College. ---------- CORAM : R.I. CHAGLA AND FIRDOSH P. POONIWALLA, JJ. DATE : 6th OCTOBER, 2026. OPERATIVE PART OF THE ORDER : 1. For the reasons separately recorded, the following order is passed: (i) In view of the Seat still being available in the ILS Law College and the Petitioner having been allotted ILS Law College in the institutional level round, we direct the 1/2 KAVITA SUSHIL JADHAV Digitally signed by KAVITA SUSHIL JADHAV Date: 2026.10.06 18:28:35 +0530 OP-920-WP 13254.2026.doc Respondent No. 2 - State CET Cell, to permit the Petitioner to secure provisional admission to the First Year LL.B. (3 years) Course at ILS Law College, Pune, against the seat allotted to him under ST category, without insisting upon production of Tribe Validity Certificate. This shall be subject to the outcome of the Petitioner's claim for Tribe Validity Certificate before the Scrutiny Committee. (ii) Further, the Petitioner shall, as undertaken to this Court, file a Petition before the Aurangabad Bench seeking directions for deciding the Tribe Validity Claim of the Petitioner pending before the Scrutiny Committee, over which the Aurangabad Bench has jurisdiction. (iii) The Writ Petition is disposed of in these terms. There shall be no order as to costs. [ FIRDOSH P. POONIWALLA, J. ] [ R.I. CHAGLA, J. ] 2/2