108.WP.8411.2026 1/2 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR WRIT PETITION NO. 8411 OF 2026 Janhvi D/o. Vijay Shrirame Vs. Deputy Director and Member-Secretary, Scheduled Tribe Certificate, Scrutiny Committee, Nagpur ______________________________________________________________________________ Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, Appearances, Court's orders of directions Court's or Judge's order and Registrar's orders. Mr. Ananta Ramteke, Advocate for the Petitioner. Mr. S.V. Narale, AGP for the Respondent/State. ------------------------------- CORAM : URMILA JOSHI-PHALKE AND R AJ D. WAKODE , JJ. DATE : 13.10.2026 Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner. 2. The petitioner, a student, has approached this Court seeking a direction to the respondent – Scheduled Tribe Certificate Scrutiny Committee, Nagpur, to decide her caste claim expeditiously. The petitioner had submitted her caste claim for verification as belonging to the ‘Mana’ Scheduled Tribe on 4th February, 2022. The acknowledgment in this regard is at record page No. 13 (Annexure-B). 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that, despite the lapse of more than four and a half years, the respondent- Committee has not yet completed the verification of the petitioner’s caste claim. 4. Mr. S.V. Narale, learned AGP, upon instructions, submits that the respondent-Committee shall decide the petitioner’s caste claim within a period of four months from today. 2026:BHC-NAG:13784-DB 108.WP.8411.2026 2/2 5. In view of the above statement, the grievance of the petitioner shall stand redressed. Accordingly, we dispose of the present writ petition with a direction to the respondent – Scheduled Tribe Certificate Scrutiny Committee, Nagpur, to decide the petitioner’s caste claim for the ‘Mana’ Scheduled Tribe within a period of four months from today. 6. The petitioner shall cooperate with the respondent- Committee in the adjudication of her caste claim and shall not seek unnecessary adjournments. 7. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. No order as to costs. (RAJ D. WAKODE, J.) (URMILA JOSHI-PHALKE, J.) Vijaykumar Signed by: Mr. Vijay Kumar Designation: PA To Honourable Judge Date: 14/10/2026 12:20:44