1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH : NAGPUR WRIT PETITION No. 3502/2010. Smt. Sindhutai Dhammadas Wakude -: VERSUS :- Returning Officer, Risod and others. With WRIT PETITION No. 3503/2010. Smt. Jayashree Jayaji Patil -: VERSUS :- Returning Officer, Risod and others. Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders Court's or Judge's orders or directions and Registrar's orders. CORAM : B.P. DHARMADHIKARI, J. DATED : AUGUST 02, 2010. Heard Shri S.V. Bhutada, learned Counsel for petitioners and learned A.G.P. for respondent nos. 1 and 3.\ Nomination paper of petitioners are rejected because both of them mentioned in their nomination papers that they are entitled to contest the elections for Scheduled Caste post reserved for ladies. According to learned Counsel for petitioners, there is no such reserved post in entire Gram Panchayat or in Ward No.4 and the word indicating reservation for ladies appearing in the nomination form were superfluous. He is relying upon Division Bench judgment of this Court reported at 1968 BCI (0) 32 (Shashikalabai .vrs. Returning Officer, 2 Gram Panchayat Elections, Umri and others). Learned A.G.P. on the other hand points out that there were total three seats in Ward No.4, out of them 2 were for Scheduled Caste, while one was for O.B.C. Ladies. According to him, in this background application of mind by the Returning Officer cannot be said to be erroneous. Perusal of the reported judgment shows that the post there were general and reserved and hence, the omission to mention word 'reserved' has been held not fatal. It is apparent that nomination paper could have been treated as from open category. In the present matter, situation is different. The post reserved for ladies from O.B.C. existed in Ward No.4, petitioner filed their nominations indicating post reserved for ladies, but they also indicated Scheduled Caste. In this view of the matter, it cannot be said that the application of mind by the Returning Officer is erroneous. There is no jurisdictional error. Writ Petition is therefore not entertained and the same is disposed, with no order as to costs. JUDGE Rgd.