Archive · 5 Sep 2026
Former Mumbai Mayor Vishakha Raut Disqualified for Six Years
Vishakha Raut is a senior local politician and former mayor of Mumbai.
The Maharashtra Government has said she cannot be elected as a city corporator for six years.
This decision came after officials cancelled her OBC caste certificate.
The officials said the certificate had been filed in the wrong jurisdiction.
Raut represented ward 191, which includes Shivaji Park and Dadar West.
She won that ward in a close election.
She received 13,236 votes, beating Priya Sarvankar Gurav by 167 votes.
The decision is a setback for her political group, Shiv Sena (UBT).
Maharashtra has barred Shiv Sena (UBT) corporator Vishakha Raut from being elected as a corporator for six years.
The Urban Development Department issued the disqualification order in a September 1 government resolution.
The order followed the August 21 cancellation of Raut’s OBC caste certificate by the Palghar scrutiny committee.
The committee said Raut had filed the certificate under wrongful jurisdiction.
Raut won Mumbai’s ward 191 by 167 votes against Shinde-led Shiv Sena candidate Priya Sarvankar Gurav.
- Who
- Vishakha Raut, a senior Shiv Sena (UBT) corporator and former Mumbai Mayor, was disqualified by the Maharashtra Government.
- What
- She was barred from being elected as a corporator for six years after her OBC caste certificate was cancelled.
- When
- The caste certificate was cancelled on August 21, and the disqualification order was issued in a September 1 government resolution; the ward election took place earlier in January.
- Where
- The case concerns Mumbai’s Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, particularly ward 191, which includes Shivaji Park and Dadar West; the certificate scrutiny committee was in Palghar.
- Why
- The Palghar caste certificate scrutiny committee cancelled the certificate after determining that it had been filed under wrongful jurisdiction.
- Disqualified person
- Vishakha Raut
- Disqualification period
- Six years
- Issuing authority
- Maharashtra Government’s Urban Development Department
- Government resolution
- Dated September 1
- Caste certificate decision
- Raut’s OBC certificate was cancelled on August 21
- Ward
- BMC ward 191
- Election margin
- Raut defeated Priya Sarvankar Gurav by 167 votes after receiving 13,236 votes