Bombay High Court

AISHWARYA VAIBHAV ADHATRAOversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THR. SECRETARY TRIBAL DEVELOPMENT DEPT. AND ORS.

Disposal: Disposed Off
Bench: R G AVACHAT AJIT B KADETHANKAR

Holding

The Court held that the order dated 8 January 2026 be corrected to insert the paragraph prohibiting coercive action until the caste claim is decided.

Summary

Aishwarya Vaibhav Adhatrao filed a writ petition seeking protection from any coercive action while her caste claim is being examined by the Caste Scrutiny Committee. The High Court, in an order dated 8 January 2026, addressed the petition but did not initially include a specific safeguard. The petitioner’s counsel moved a praecipe requesting that a paragraph be added stating that no coercive action shall be taken until the committee delivers its decision. The Court agreed to the amendment, directing that the order be corrected accordingly. The corrected order was to be uploaded on the Court’s website, thereby formally incorporating the protective clause. No substantive merits of the caste claim were decided in this procedural order.

Issues considered

Whether the order dated 8 January 2026 should be amended to include a prohibition on coercive action pending the decision of the Caste Scrutiny Committee

Subjects

writ petition
caste claim
procedural order
order correction
praecipe

Judgment

P-1-WP-29-2026.doc

Shailaja

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
CIRCUIT BENCH AT KOLHAPUR

CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

WRIT PETITION NO.29 OF 2026

Aishwarya Vaibhav Adhatrao ] Petitioner
versus
The State of Maharashtra and others ] Respondents
…..
Mr. Swaroop M. Karade, for Petitioner.

Mr. A.P. Vanarase, A.G.P, for Respondent – State.
…..
CORAM : R.G. AVACHAT AND
AJIT B. KADETHANKAR, JJ.

DATE : 9th JANUARY, 2026.
P.C:

1. Not on board. Upon mentioning, taken on board.

2. Learned Counsel for the petitioner has moved this praecipe for

speaking to minutes of the order dated 8th January, 2026.

3. Following paragraph be added after paragraph 3 of the aforesaid

order;

“No coercive action shall be taken against the petitioner
until the decision on her caste claim is delivered by the
respondent No.2 – Caste Scrutiny Committee”.

SHAILAJA Digitally signed by
SHAILAJA SHRIKANT
SHRIKANT HALKUDE

HALKUDE
Date: 2026.01.09 16:53:35
+0530
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P-1-WP-29-2026.doc

4. Order dated 8th January, 2026 stands corrected accordingly.

Corrected order be uploaded on the website.

[AJIT B. KADETHANKAR, J.] [ R.G. AVACHAT J.]

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