Santosh Hiraman Lashkare vs State of Maharashtra - 2026 Supreme(Online)(Bom) 3753

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2026 Supreme(Online)(Bom) 3753

HIGH COURT OF BOMBAY
RAVINDRA V. GHUGE, ABHAY J. MANTRI, JJ
Santosh Hiraman Lashkare – Appellant
Versus
State of Maharashtra – Respondent

Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: Narendra V. Bandiwadekar, Vinayak R. Kumbhar, Rajendra B. Khaire, Aniket S. Phapale, Ashwini N. Bandiwadekar, Parag V. Barde, Padmaja Malgaonkar, Suresh S. Pakale, Sanjeev Kadam, Prashant Raul, Varsha Thorat, Gaurav Pande, Suvidh S. Kulkarni, Pradnya Talekar, Vidyasagar Bhave, Yogesh Morey, Arvind G. Ambetkar, Sandeep Gupta, Bhupesh Patil, Saurabh Patil, Dhanraj Lodha, Dharni Divekar, Kiran Shinde, Vivek B. Rane, Sakshi Thombre, Bhavesh Paithane
For the Respondents: S. B. Pulkundwar, Ashwin R. Kapadnis, Pandurang H. Gaikwad, S. V. Gavand, Kedar B. Dighe, P. P. Kakade, V. G. Badgujar, Priyanka Chavan, P. N. Diwan

Table of Content
1. petitioners challenge re-verification orders. (Para 1 , 2)
2. summarizes petitioners' jurisdictional objections. (Para 3 , 4 , 5)
3. state verifies bogus disability certificates. (Para 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 35 , 36 , 37)
4. re-examination detects widespread fraud. (Para 38 , 39 , 40 , 41 , 42 , 43 , 44 , 45 , 46 , 47)
5. rpwd act empowers benchmark disability verification. (Para 51 , 52 , 53 , 54 , 55 , 56 , 57)
6. state right to reassess fraudulent claims. (Para 88 , 89 , 90 , 91)
7. one-time re-verification with protections. (Para 95 , 96 , 97 , 98)
8. future udid mandatory; fraud punishable. (Para 99 , 100 , 101 , 102)

RESERVED ON : 09^th APRIL, 2026 PRONOUNCED ON : 06^th MAY, 2026 JUDGMENT (PER : RAVINDRA V. GHUGE, J.)

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1. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith and heard finally by consent of the parties.

2. The prayers put forth by the Petitioners in all these Petitions, are more or less similar. As such, we are reproducing some of the prayers, as specimens, which broadly cover the grievances put forth by these Petitioners, hereunder :

WRIT PETITION NO.17568 OF 2025 (A) This Hon'ble Court be pleased to exercise the jurisdiction vested in it under A

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2026 Supreme(Online)(Bom) 3753

HIGH COURT OF BOMBAYRAVINDRA V. GHUGE, ABHAY J. MANTRI, JJSantosh Hiraman Lashkare – AppellantVersusState of Maharashtra – Respondent

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HIGH COURT OF BOMBAY
RAVINDRA V. GHUGE, ABHAY J. MANTRI, JJ
Santosh Hiraman Lashkare – Appellant
Versus
State of Maharashtra – Respondent