1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE, BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO.5315 OF 2010 Bebabai w/o Suresh Mahor (Chaudhary), Age 41 years, Occ. Social worker, R/o Pohari (Bk.), Taluka Soygaon, District Aurangabad ... PETITIONER VERSUS 1. The State of Maharashtra, through its Secretary, Social Welfare Department, Mantralaya, Mumbai – 32. 2. The Divisional Caste Scrutiny Committee, Aurangabad Division, N-5, CIDCO, Aurangabad. 3. The Collector, Aurangabad. 4. The Tahsildar, Tahsil Office, Soygaon, District Aurangabad. ... RESPONDENTS ..... Shri S.T. Veer, Advocate for the petitioner Shri S.K. Kadam, A.G.P. for respondents ..... CORAM: P.V. HARDAS & N.D. DESHPANDE, JJ. DATED: 21st June, 2010 ORAL JUDGMENT (PER HARDAS, J.) 2 1. Rule. Rule returnable forthwith. With the consent of learned counsel for the parties, this petition is heard finally at this stage. 2. By this petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner prays for issuance of a writ to the respondent/ Scrutiny Committee for deciding the proposal of the petitioner which is said to be pending since 12/1/2007. 3. The petitioner, who was keen to contest the election of Grampanchayat of village Pohari (Bk.), had submitted the caste certificate to the Tahsildar and the same came to be forwarded to the respondent/ Scrutiny Committee on 12/1/2007. Since that date, despite several requests made by the petitioner for expeditious settlement of the pending proposal, the said proposal is said to be pending. 4. In that light of the matter, therefore, we are inclined to allow this petition and accordingly, we allow this petition and direct the respondent/ Scrutiny Committee to decide the pending caste claim of the petitioner within a specified period. We, accordingly, direct the petitioner to appear before the respondent/ Scrutiny Committee on 3 5/7/2010 and direct the respondent/ Scrutiny Committee to decide the pending caste claim of the petitioner within six months of 5/7/2010. 4. Rule is thus made absolute on the above terms with no order as to costs. (N.D. DESHPANDE, J.) (P.V. HARDAS, J.)