1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR Writ Petition No.5837/2011 [Sheikh Mehboob Fakir Mohammed Qureshi .vrs. The Collector, Yavatmal and others] ................................................................................................................................................................... Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders Court's or Judge's order of directions and Registrar's orders ................................................................................................................................................................... CORAM : B.P. DHARMADHIKARI AND P.D. KODE, JJ. DATE : NOVEMBER 29, 2011. Heard Shri Patel, learned counsel for the petitioner, Shri T.R. Kankale, learned AGP for respondent nos.1, 3 and 4 and Shri D.M. Kale, learned counsel for respondent no.2. Shri Patel, at the outset, points out that the nomination paper filed by the petitioner has been rejected and that rejection has been questioned in the statutory appeal before the District Court. He, therefore, restricts challenge in this petition to expeditious consideration of caste claim of the petitioner. Shri Kankale, learned AGP points out that such consideration of such type of cases are already 2 pending and because of ongoing election process, the burden has further increased. However, we have come across the Government instructions issued on 19.11.2011 where the Government has directed the Scrutiny Committee to work to their full capacity and to expedite the said process because of elections of various municipal councils. Learned AGP states that he is not aware of such Government decision. However, if such decision exists, respondent no.4 Committee shall attempt to act accordingly. We accordingly direct respondent no.4 to act in accordance with the Government decision dated 19.11.2011 and to complete the process of verification of caste claim of the petitioner at the earliest. With this direction, we dispose of the petition. No costs. JUDGE JUDGE Gulande