# SHILPA JAY WAGH ALIAS KUM. PUSHPA P. THAKUR vs STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THR. ITS SECRETARY, TRIBAL DEVELOPMENT DEP. AND ORS

Court: Bombay High Court
Date: 2026-02-17
Citation: WP/18841/2024
Petitioner: SHILPA JAY WAGH ALIAS KUM. PUSHPA P. THAKUR
Respondent: STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THR. ITS SECRETARY, TRIBAL DEVELOPMENT DEP. AND ORS

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## Judgment text (excerpt)

1 WP-18841-2024 (C).doc IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 18841 OF 2024 Smt. Shilpa Jay Wagh ) @ Kum. Pushpa Panduranga Thakur ) Age 49 years, Occ. : Service, ) residing at B-5, Vanaraj Regency, ) Shahu Chowk, Behind Sarang Build. ) Peth Road, Panchavati, Dist. Nashik. ) ...Petitioner Versus 1. State of Maharashtra ) Through its Secretary, Tribal ) Development Department, ) Mantralaya, Mumbai-400032. ) 2. Scheduled Tribe Certificate Scrutiny ) Committee, Nashik Division, Nashik ) Through its Member Secretary, ) having its office at Adivashi Vikash ) Bhavan,Old Agra Road, Nashik, ) Dist. Nashik. 3. Nashik Municipal Corporation ) Through its Commissioner having ) Its office at Nashik, Dist. Nashik. ) ...Respondents ----------------- Adv. R.K. Mendadkar, for the Petitioner. Adv. Kavita N. Solunke, AGP a/w Adv. S.H. Kankal, AGP, for State/Respondent. ----------------- CORAM : R. I. CHAGLA AND ADVAIT M. SETHNA, JJ. JUDGMENT RESERVED ON : 9 FEBRUARY 2026 JUDGMENT PRONOUNCED ON : 17 FEBRUARY 2026 Mayur 1/12 2 WP-18841-2024 (C).doc JUDGMENT (Per Advait M. Sethna, J.):- 1. Rule. The Rule is made returnable forthwith with the consent of 

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