# HARSHWARDHAN DEVIDAS GANGURDE vs STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THROUGH ITS SECRETARY, TRIBAL DEVELOPMENT DEPT. AND ANR

Court: Bombay High Court
Date: 2026-02-04
Citation: WP/15653/2023
Petitioner: HARSHWARDHAN DEVIDAS GANGURDE
Respondent: STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THROUGH ITS SECRETARY, TRIBAL DEVELOPMENT DEPT. AND ANR

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## Judgment text (excerpt)

Ingale 9-WP-15653-23.odt Digitally IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY signed by URMILA URMILA PRAMOD CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION PRAMOD INGALE INGALE Date: 2026.02.05 19:24:59 +0530 WRIT PETITION NO. 15653 OF 2023 Harshwardhan Devidas Gangurde aged 22 years, Occupation : Student residing at Plot No.3, Gokul Vandan apartment, Behind Akash Petrol Pump Kalanagar, Mhasarul, Dist. Nashik … Petitioner Versus 1. State of Maharashtra through its Secretary, Tribal Development Department, Mantralaya, Mumbai 400 032. 2. Scheduled Tribe Certificate Scrutiny Committee, Nashik – 2 Division through its Member Secretary, having its office at Dist. Nashi. 3. Pune Vidyarthi Griha’s Shriram Sadashiv Dhamankar College of Commerce, Science & Arts, 206, Dindori Road, Near MERI Nashik 422004..… Respondents **** Mr. R.K. Mendadkar a/w Mrs. Priyanka Shaw, Mr.Jagdish C. Kawale, Mrs.Prajakta Pashte, for the Petitioner. , for the Respondent. Mr. Arun Padekar, Law Officer, Nashik, present. Mr. A.I. Patel, Addl. GP a/w Smt. V.S. Nimbalkar, AGP for Respondent-State. **** CORAM : M.S.KARNIK & S.M.MODAK, JJ. DATE : 04th FEBRUARY 2026 1 Ingale 9-WP-15653-23.odt ORAL JUDGMENT (PER M.S.KARNIK, J.) : 1. Heard 

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