1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY, BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO.1906 OF 2010 Ashwini d/o Amarsingh Chauhan, Age 25 years, Occu.Education, R/o 21, Sahayog Nagar, Nanded, District Nanded .. PETITIONER VERSUS 1 The Chairman, Vimukta Jati, Nomadic Tribes, and Other Backward Class Caste Certificate Scrutiny Committee, Latur, Taluka and District Latur 2. The State of Maharashtra, Through Social Justice & Special Assistance Department, Mantralaya, Mumbai 32 .. RESPONDENTS Shri L.V.Sangit, Advocate for petitioner Shri S.V.Kurundkar, Additional Govt.Pleader for respondents CORAM : P.V. HARDAS AND S.V.GANGAPURWALA, JJ DATE : 26th March 2010 ORAL JUDGMENT (PER S.V.GANGAPURWALA, J.) 1. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith. With the consent of learned Counsel for the parties, petition is taken up for final disposal at the stage of admission. 2 2. The petitioner has filed this petition invoking Article 226 of the Constitution of India wherein the petitioner prays that the proposal of the petitioner’s caste claim pending with the scrutiny committee be decided as early as possible. 3. Taking into account the limited prayer of the petitioner, we direct the respondent – scrutiny committee to decide the caste claim of the petitioner within a period of six months from today. We also direct the petitioner to appear before the Committee on 5th April 2010. 4. Rule is made absolute in the above terms. No order as to costs. ( S.V.GANGAPURWALA ) ( P.V.HARDAS ) JUDGE JUDGE (vvr/1906.10wp)