1 WP8185-26.odt IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR WRIT PETITION NO.8185/2026 (VIJAY SHIVRAM SONONE VERSUS THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA & ANOTHER) Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders of directions Court's or Judge's order and Registrar's orders. Ms R.S. Kabra, Advocate with Shri S.D. Khati, counsel for the petitioner. Shri S.S. Doifode, Assistant Government Pleader for the respondents. CORAM : URMILA JOSHI-PHALKE AND RAJ D. WAKODE , JJ. D ATE : OCTOBER 08 , 2026 . P. C. Heard Ms R.S. Kabra, learned counsel for the petitioner. 2. The petitioner has approached this Court seeking direction to the respondent no.2-Sub Divisional Officer, Malkapur, District Buldana to issue caste certificate as belonging to ‘Koli Mahadev’ Scheduled Tribe. The application for grant of such certificate was submitted by the petitioner on 08.01.2026. The children of the petitioner i.e. daughter Pratiksha and son Yash had approached this Court in Writ Petition No.1502 of 2024 seeking challenge to the rejection of such caste certificate by the respondent no.2. The aforesaid writ petition was disposed of by this Court vide judgment dated 04.11.2025. A copy of the said judgment is at Record Page No.16, Annexure-1. In pursuance to the directions issued by this Court, the respondent no.2 has already issued caste certificates to the daughter and Son of the petitioner on 03.12.2025. 3. When the respondent no.2 had already issued caste certificates to the daughter and son of the petitioner, that too in pursuance of the direction issued by this Court vide judgment dated 04.11.2025 in Writ Petition No.1502 of 2024, we fail to understand as to why the respondent no.2 is required to seek legal opinion from their panel advocate regarding issuance of such caste certificate to the petitioner. 2026:BHC-NAG:13577-DB 2 WP8185-26.odt 4. The communication dated 11.06.2026 seeking such opinion as to whether such caste certificate should be issued to the petitioner or not also refers to the judgment passed by this Court in the aforesaid writ petition filed by the daughter and son of the petitioner. 5. In view of above, we dispose of the present writ petition with a direction to the respondent no.2-The Sub-Divisional Officer, Malkapur, District Buldana to issue caste certificate to the petitioner as belonging to ‘Koli Mahadev’ Scheduled Tribe within a period of three weeks from today. No order as to costs. (RAJ D. WAKODE, J.) (URMILA JOSHI-PHALKE, J.) APTE Signed by: Apte Designation: Senior Pvt. Secretary Date: 09/10/2026 19:49:44