1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 5644 OF 2010 Swapnil S/o Satish Parlikar, Age : 17 Years, Occu. : Education, Since minor through his father Satish S/o Baburao Parlikar, Age : 49 Years, Occu. : Service, R/o Near Deshmukh Par, Wakde Galli, Parli (V), Dist. Beed. .. .. Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Maharashtra, Through Director of Technical Education, 3, Post Box No. 1967, Mahapalika Marg, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400001. 2. The Deputy Commissioner of Committee for Scheduled Tribe for the purpose of issuance and verification, Aurangabad. 3. The Member Secretary & Deputy Director, Tribal Development Department, Maharashtra State, Pune. .. .. Respondents Shri Sachin Deshmukh, Advocate for the Petitioner. Shri S. K. Tambe, A.G.P. for the Respondent No. 1 and 3. Shri U. S. Malte, Standing Counsel for the Respondent No. 2. 2 CORAM : P. V. HARDAS AND N. D. DESHPANDE, JJ. DATE : 15TH JULY, 2010. ORAL JUDGMENT [Per P. V. HARDAS, J. ] : . Rule. Rule returnable forthwith. With the consent of learned counsel for parties this petition is heard finally at the stage of admission. 2. By this petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner vide prayer Clause "B" has prayed for issuance of a writ directing the Committee to decide the social status of the petitioner who claims to be belonging to "Chattri" community which is included in the Scheduled Tribe category. Mr. Deshmukh, learned counsel for the petitioner states that the petitioner does not press for the relief at prayer clause "A" to the petitioner i. e. of directing the respondent No. 1 to accept the registration form of the petitioner for admission to Ist year Engineering for the year 2010-2011. This writ petition therefore is dismissed in so far as prayer clause "A" is concerned. 3. Since the claim of the petitioner is pending since 2009, we 3 allow this petition and direct the petitioner to appear before the respondent No. 2/Committee on 03rd August, 2010 and further direct the respondent No. 2/Committee to decide the tribe claim of the petitioner within six months of 03rd August, 2010. 4. Rule is thus made absolute on the above said terms with no order as to costs. [ N. D. DESHPANDE, J.] [ P. V. HARDAS, J.] bsb/July 10