Bombay High Court

SHRADDHA SANTOSH THOMBAREversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND SPECIAL ASSISTANCE DEP AND ANOTHER

Disposal: DISPOSED OFF

Holding

The Court disposed of the writ petition and directed the Committee to pronounce its judgment on the validity claim by 9 September 2026.

Summary

The petitioner, a student seeking admission to a medical college, filed a writ petition seeking a direction to the State’s Committee to decide her pending caste validity claim by 11 September 2026. The claim had been pending since 2024, with a Vigilance Cell Committee report submitted in May 2025. The Attorney General’s Pleader informed the Court that the hearing on the matter had already been conducted and the proceedings were closed for final disposal, with a judgment to be delivered by 9 September 2026. Accepting this, the Court disposed of the petition and ordered the Committee to pronounce its judgment on or before 9 September 2026 and to furnish a copy to the petitioner the same day. The order thus provides a clear deadline for the Committee’s decision while terminating the writ petition.

Issues considered

Whether the Court should direct the Committee to decide the petitioner’s caste validity claim within a stipulated period and dispose of the writ petition on the basis that the hearing is concluded.

Subjects

admission
caste certificate
validity claim
writ petition
direction
deadline

Judgment

2026:BHC-AUG:40129-DB

                                                1               WP / 11535 / 2026


                        IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                                    BENCH AT AURANGABAD

                               902 WRIT PETITION NO. 11535 OF 2026

                              SHRADDHA SANTOSH THOMBARE
                                         VERSUS
                    THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THROUGH SOCIAL JUSTICE
                         AND SPECIAL ASSISTANCE DEP AND ANOTHER

                                                    ...
                   Advocate for petitioner : Mr. Ameya Sabnis a/w Mr. Pranav Dhakne
                          Addl.GP for the respondent – State : Mr. P.S. Patil
                                                    ...

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

                           DATE                : 2 SEPTEMBER 2026

              PER COURT :

                           Heard.


              2.           The petitioner has approached this Court seeking direction

              to the respondent – Committee to decide the validity claim of the

              petitioner within stipulated period.


              3.           The petitioner is a student who is trying to get admission to

              a medical college where she has to furnish validity certificate by

              11.09.2026 in view of the revised schedule for admission to the medical

              college. Her caste claim is pending since 2024. It is submitted that

              even the Vigilance Cell Committee report is also submitted in the

              month of May 2025. The Say is also filed by the petitioner. Learned

              advocate on this backdrop, prays for direction.
                                2                 WP / 11535 / 2026



4.           Learned AGP, on instructions, submits that hearing is

already conducted and the proceeding is closed for final disposal. On

instructions, he submits that the judgment would be delivered on or

before 09.09.2026.


5.           By accepting this statement, we dispose of the petition.


6.           The Committee to pronounce the judgment on or before

09.09.2026 and on pronouncement of the judgment, to give copy to the

petitioner immediately on the same day.




       [ JITENDRA JAIN ]                    [ KISHORE C. SANT ]
            JUDGE                                JUDGE

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