Bombay High Court

GANPAT KANU MENDADKARversusSTATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ORS.

Decided: 1 October 2026
Disposal: Allowed

Holding

The order dated 01/10/2026 is to be corrected to replace the specified terms with the petitioner’s suggested wording.

Summary

Ganpat Kanu Mendadkar filed a writ petition before the Bombay High Court challenging certain terminologies used in an order dated 01/10/2026. The petitioner sought to have the words “Scrutiny Committee” replaced with “Competent Authority”, and “Caste Validity Certificate” and “Validity Certificate” replaced with “Caste Certificate”. The Court, after hearing the petitioner’s counsel, examined the request and found no substantive objection, merely a clerical correction. Accordingly, the Court directed that the order be corrected as per the petitioner’s prayer. The corrected order now reflects the revised terminology.

Issues considered

Whether the terms “Scrutiny Committee”, “Caste Validity Certificate”, and “Validity Certificate” in the order dated 01/10/2026 should be amended to “Competent Authority” and “Caste Certificate” respectively.

Subjects

order correction
terminology amendment
caste certificate
civil procedure

Judgment

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                             Urmila Ingale

                                                IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
          Digitally signed                              CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
URMILA by URMILA
       PRAMOD
PRAMOD INGALE
INGALE Date:
       2026.10.09
          18:54:42 +0530                                WRIT PETITION NO. 5205 OF 2005


                                     Ganpat Kanu Mendadkar                             …Petitioner

                                              Versus

                                     State of Maharashtra and ors.                     …Respondents

                                                                       ----------
                                     Mr. R.K. Mendadkar, for the Petitioner.
                                                                       ----------

                                                                CORAM : R.I. CHAGLA, J.
                                                                        FIRDOSH P. POONIWALLA, J.

                                                                DATE       :    9 October 2026

                                     P.C. :


                                     1.       Matter is mentioned. Not on board. Taken on board.



                                     2.       By praecipe bearing today’s date, the learned Advocate for the

                                     Petitioner prays for Speaking to the Minutes of the Order dated

                                     01/10/2026.



                                     3.        In 6th line of paragraph 11 of the said Order, the words

                                     “Scrutiny Committee” are required to be replaced by the words


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“Competent Authority”. Further, in the 2 nd last line of paragraph 11,

the words “Caste Validity Certificate” are required to be replaced by

the words “Caste Certificate”.   Likewise, in the 3 rd line of paragraph

14 of the said Order, the words “Validity Certificate” are required to

be replaced by the words “Caste Certificate”.



4.             The said Order dated 01/10/2026 stands corrected

accordingly.




      [FIRDOSH P. POONIWALLA, J.]                  [R.I. CHAGLA J.]




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