1 lgc IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.5550 OF 2009 Smt. Sujata Maruti Kadam (Salunkhe) : Petitioner versus State of Maharashtra & ors. : Respondents. Mr R K Mendadkar for the Petitioner Mr. V S Gokhale, AGP, for the Respondent Nos.1, 2, 4 and 5. Mr. R S Alange i/by Mr Nitin Jamdar for the Respondent No.3. CORAM : S B MHASE & R M SAVANT, JJ. DATE : 29th September 2009 P.C. 1. Heard. One of the members of the Scrutiny Committee is Mr.A V Hankare who has been appointed as a Member and Research Officer of the said Committee. We have considered the issue as regards the appointment of Mr.Hankare by our order dated 1st September 2009 in Writ Petition No.8413 of 2008. In view of the said order, the impugned order is set aside and the matter is remitted back to the Scrutiny Committee for a de-novo consideration. 2 2. We direct the Government to appoint a Member and Research Officer as per the provisions of the Maharashtra Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribes, De-notified Tribes (Vimukta Jatis), Nomadic Tribes, Other Backward Classes and Special Backward Category (Regulation of Issuance and Verification of) Caste Certificate Act 2000 and as directed by the Apex Court in the Judgment of Madhuri Patil, and thereafter the case of the Petitioner shall be decided by the said Scrutiny Committee. A proper Scrutiny Committee shall be constituted within a period of three weeks from date. After constitution, the Scrutiny Committee shall dispose of the matter of the Petitioner within a period of eight weeks thereafter on its own merits and in accordance with law. 3. With the aforesaid directions the above Petition is accordingly disposed of. [R.M.SAVANT, J] [S.B.MHASE, J]