1 908-wp 7604-2026.odt IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 7604 OF 2026 Pravin Motesing Ghoti And Another .. Petitioners Versus The State Of Maharashtra Through Secretary And Another .. Respondents Mr. Deepak D. Choudhari, Advocate for Petitioners. Smt. S. S. Joshi, AGP for Respondents-State. CORAM : KISHORE C. SANT AND AJIT B. KADETHANKAR, JJ. DATE : 10th JULY, 2026. PER COURT :- 1. Heard learned advocate for the petitioners and learned A.G.P. for respondents. 2. A prayer in this petition is limited to the extent of issuing directions to respondent No. 2 - committee to decide the tribe claim of the petitioners which is pending since June 2025. The urgency expressed is that the petitioner No. 2 is already given admission to I.I.T. Bhuvaneshwar with an undertaking that the petitioner would produce the caste validity certificate before completion of admission process. 2026:BHC-AUG:27623-DB 2 908-wp 7604-2026.odt 3. Considering above, this Court feels that, it is necessary to issue directions to the scrutiny committee to decide the tribe claim of the petitioners at the earliest. Therefore, the scrutiny committee is requested to decide the tribe claim of the petitioners at the earliest and in any case by the end of August 2026. 4. With this, the writ petition stands disposed of. ( AJIT B. KADETHANKAR, J.) ( KISHORE C. SANT, J. ) P.S.B.