2026:BHC-AS:2810-DB IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION Writ Petition No. 5149 of 2007 Mrunalini Sitaram Thakur … Petitioner V/s.

1. State of Maharashtra

2. Scheduled Tribe Caste Certificate Scrutiny Committee, 3. Balak Mandir Sanstha, Kalyan. … Respondents Mr. R.K.Mendadkar a/w. Priyanka Shaw, Jayshree Mendadkar, Siddhant Sawai, Jagdish Kawale, Prajakta Pashtre Advocate for the Petitioner.

Mr. P.P.Kakade, Addl. G.P. a/w. Mr. R.A.Salunkhe, AGP for the Respondents-State.

CORAM : M.S. KARNIK &

S.M. MODAK, JJ.

DATE : 13th January 2026.

Oral Judgment (Per M.S. Karnik, J) :

Digitally signed by LATA LATA SUNIL SUNIL PANJWANI PANJWANIDate: We have heard Mr. Mendadkar, the learned counsel appearing

2026.01.21 +0530 for the Petitioner and Mr. Kakade, the learned AGP appearing for the Respondents-State.

2. 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