Bombay High Court

SANTOSH KISHANRAO GHISEWADversusTHE SCHEDULED TRIBE CERTIFICATE SCRUTINY COMMITTEE THR ITS MEMBER SECRETARY AURANGABAD

Disposal: DISPOSED OFF

Holding

The writ petition shall be placed on the board for final hearing on 22 October 2026.

Summary

The applicant filed a civil application seeking an early hearing date for Writ Petition No. 4221 of 2007, which had been pending since 2007. The High Court noted the long pendency and ordered that the writ petition be placed on the board for a final hearing on 22 October 2026. Consequently, the civil application was disposed of. No substantive merits of the writ petition were addressed; the order dealt solely with case management. The decision was delivered by Justices Kishore C. Sant and Jitendra Jain. The application was dismissed after the scheduling direction was given.

Issues considered

Whether the writ petition pending since 2007 should be scheduled for a final hearing at the earliest possible date

Subjects

writ petition
civil application
case management
early hearing
high court
Bombay
Aurangabad

Judgment

                                           (1)                      21-CA-10250-2026




           IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                       BENCH AT AURANGABAD
               21 CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 10250 OF 2026
                            IN WP/4221/2007
                      Santosh Kishanrao Ghisewad
                                 VERSUS
  The Scheduled Tribe Certificate Scrutiny Committee Thr Its Member
                          Secretary Aurangabad
                                  WITH
                 CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 4120 OF 2015
                            IN WP/4221/2007
                                  WITH
                   WRIT PETITION NO. 4221 OF 2007
                                    ...
Mr. Sarthak Gaikwar h/f Mr. P. D. Bachate, Advocate for Applicant.
Mr. S. R. Yadav-Lonikar, AGP for Respondent-State.

                                         CORAM : KISHORE C. SANT &
                                                      JITENDRA JAIN, JJ.

                                         DATE     : 09th SEPTEMBER 2026.

PC :-
1.           This civil application is filed for fixing early date of hearing in the
WP/4221/2007.
2.           Considering that the petition is pending since 2007, place the writ
petition on board dated 22/10/2026 under the caption “for final
hearing”.
3.           Civil Application stands disposed off.


     [JITENDRA JAIN, J.]                              [KISHORE C. SANT, J.]
D.A.ETHAPE

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