# NITIN PRAKASH PUND AND ORS vs THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THR THE SECRETARY AND ORS

Court: Bombay High Court
Date: 2025-08-01
Citation: WP/12621/2023
Petitioner: NITIN PRAKASH PUND AND ORS
Respondent: THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THR THE SECRETARY AND ORS

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## Judgment text (excerpt)

RAMESHWAR LAXMAN DILWALE IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY 2. In the order dated 14th June 2022, the Sub-Divisional Officer held as under: “Whereas Shri. Nitin Prakash Pund, resident of Lingivare, Taluka Atpadi, Dist-Sangli, has submitted an application under No. 4 to Maha E Seva Kendra Atpadi for obtaining a Scheduled Tribe certificate in his name, Koli Mahadev. 1/17 Kartikey Goti, PA / Rameshwar Dilwale, PA Accordingly, under sub-rule (6) of Rule 5 of the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Nomadic Tribes, Other Backward Classes and Special Backward Classes (Regulation of Issue of Caste Certificate and its Verification) Act, 2000, if the applicant submits the validity certificate of the blood relation of the applicant's father or first cousin or any other blood relation of the father issued by the Verification Committee, the competent authority shall issue a caste certificate, considering the certificate submitted by the applicant as valid evidence, without demanding any other document or evidence. Whereas in the report No.5 from Tehsildar Atpadi, the applicant has submitted proof of residence before 6th September 1950. However, the report states that the applicant has no

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