SACHIN SHANTARAM MHASKAR vs STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ORS.

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LSP 1 905 wp 453.06.doc IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION Writ Petition No. 453 of 2006 Sachin Shantaram Mhaskar Mumbai … Petitioner V/s. 1. State of Maharashtra 2. Scheduled Tribe Caste Certificate Scrutiny Committee, 3. Secretary, Social Justice, Mantralaya, Mumbai. 4. Commissioner/Director of Tribal Research and Training Institute 5. Dy. Collector, Sindhudurg 6. Competent Authority and Director of Technical Education 7. Principal, Sardar Patel Institute of Technology … Respondents. Mr. R.K.Mendadkar a/w. Priyanka Shaw, Jayshree Mendadkar, Siddhant Sawai, Jagdish Kawale, Prajakta Pashtre Advocate for the Petitioner. Mr. N.C. Walimbe, Addl. G.P. a/w. Mr. A.K.Naik, AGP for the Respondents-State. CORAM : M.S. KARNIK & Digitally LATA SUNIL signed by LATA SUNIL PANJWANI S.M. MODAK, JJ. PANJWANI Date: 2026.01.21 16:45:27 +0530 DATE : 13th January 2026. LSP 2 905 wp 453.06.doc Oral Judgment (Per M.S. Karnik, J) : Our attention is invited to order dated 12 th December 2025 passed by the Hon’ble Supreme Court. 2. We have heard Mr. Mendadkar, the learned counsel appearing for the Petitioner and Mr. Walimbe, the learned AGP appearing for the Respondents-State. 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 reproduc