HC directs Maharashtra govt to extend caste-validity grace period to ST students

Now, like their peers from other reserved categories, they will have extra time to submit caste-validity certificates; the case involved four sisters from Osmanabad, whose admissions to higher studies were at risk due to delays in the verification of their caste certificates

The division bench of the Bombay High Court at Aurangabad has directed the Maharashtra government to extend the same six-month grace period for submitting caste-validity certificates to Scheduled Tribes (ST) that is granted to other reserved-category students, including those in MBBS and engineering courses.

The case involved four sisters from Osmanabad, whose admissions to higher studies were at risk due to delays in the verification of their caste certificates. Despite providing extensive historical documentation