Authority: Supreme Court of India (Civil Appellate Jurisdiction)
Order Date: 09 October 2025
Case Overview
- Parties: Appellant Gauri Vijay Shankhpal vs. Scheduled Tribe Caste Certificate Verification Committee & another (State).
- Appeal No. 13957/2024 filed against High Court order dated 01.02.2022 which dismissed the writ petition challenging the cancellation of the appellant’s caste certificate (Mahadeo Koli Scheduled Tribe).
- Counsel cited earlier Supreme Court orders (Prafullakumar, Sunil) where relief was granted subject to the petitioner not pressing further and surrendering the caste certificate.
- The appellant agreed to similar conditions: not to press the appeal, to surrender the certificate, and to refrain from relying on it in the future.
Final Outcome
- The appellant shall not press this appeal.
- The appellant shall surrender the original caste certificate to the competent Caste Certificate Scrutiny Committee or any other competent authority.
- The appellant shall not place reliance on the cancelled caste certificate in any future matter.
- Nair Hospital Dental College, Mumbai shall return all original documents submitted at the time of admission to the BDS course.
- Maharashtra University of Health Sciences shall confer the BDS degree on the appellant in accordance with her merit.
- The appellant shall place a copy of this order before the head of the institution and the Registrar of the University for implementation.
- Both the college and the university must comply with the above directions within one month from the date the order is placed before them.
- Liberty is reserved to the State to initiate appropriate legal action against the appellant, if required.
Topics: Reservation Policy, Higher Education