DHONDI SURESH PALVE vs STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ORS.

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LSP 1 907 wp 2607.10.doc IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION Writ Petition No. 2607 of 2010 Shri Dhondi Suresh Palve … Petitioner V/s. 1. State of Maharashtra 2. Scheduled Tribe Certificate Scrutiny Committee, 3. Deputy Collector, Sindhudurg. 4. Deputy Engineer, South Konkan Irrigation Project Circle … Respondents. Mr. R.K.Mendadkar a/w. Priyanka Shaw, Jayshree Mendadkar, Siddhant Sawai, Jagdish Kawale, Prajakta Pashtre Advocate for the Petitioner. Mrs. R.A. Salunkhe, Addl. G.P. for the Respondents-State. Mr. Dipak T. Shigham, Law Officer present. CORAM : M.S. KARNIK & S.M. MODAK, JJ. DATE : 14th January 2026. Digitally signed by LATA SUNIL LATA SUNIL PANJWANI PANJWANI Date: Oral Judgment (Per M.S. Karnik, J) : 2026.01.21 12:13:26 +0530 . Heard Mr. Mendadkar, the learned counsel appearing for the LSP 2 907 wp 2607.10.doc Petitioner and Mrs. Salunkhe, the learned AGP appearing for the State. 2. We have perused the order dated 12th December 2025 passed by the Hon’ble Supreme Court. 3. Brief background of the matter is as follows: The rejection of the caste claim of the Petitioner by the Caste Scrutiny Committee was challenged by the Petitioner by filing a Writ Petition before this Court, which came to be dismissed. Aggrieved by the said order, the Petitioner preferred an Appeal before the Hon’ble Supreme Court. Vide order dated 12th December 2025, the Hon’ble Supreme Court partly allowed the Appeal, set aside the order passed by this Court, and remanded the matter for fresh consideration. The relevant paragraphs from the order dated 12th December 2025 are reproduced hereinbelow for ready reference:- “1. The applications for substitution are allowed after condoning the delay and setting aside abatement, if any, subject to all just excepti