(1) wp1576-11 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 1576 OF 2011 Samarth Jijabrao Wagh PETITIONER VERSUS The State of Maharashtra and another RESPONDENTS .... Mr. K.T. Shirurkar, advocate for the petitioner. Mr. V.D. Godbharle, A.G.P. for the respondent/State. .... CORAM : D.B. BHOSALE & M.T. JOSHI, JJ. DATED : 30th MARCH, 2011 ORAL ORDER : 1. Heard learned counsel for the parties. 2. By this writ petition, the petitioner is seeking direction to respondent No. 2 - Sub Divisional Officer, Pachora Division, Pachora, District Jalgaon, to forthwith issue caste certificate to the petitioner, as belonging to "Thakur Scheduled Tribe" in the prescribed "Form-C" of the Scheduled Tribes Certificate Rules, 2003. (2) wp1576-11 Petitioner's application is pending since 22nd September, 2010. We do not find any reason as to why the Sub Divisional Officer should keep such applications pending for such a long time. He ought to have decided this application within less than two weeks from the date of its presentation. We, therefore, dispose of this writ petition by issuing direction to respondent No. 2 - Sub Divisional Officer to decide the petitioner's application seeking caste certificate, as belonging to "Thakur Scheduled Tribe" within a period of two weeks from the date of receipt of this order. The petitioner to produce a copy of this order before respondent No.2 within a period of one week from today. It is open to the petitioner to produce before respondent No. 2 the judgements/orders passed by this Court/Supreme Court on which he intends to rely upon for seeking caste certificate alongwith a copy of this order. With these observations, the writ petition is disposed of. [M.T. JOSHI, J.] [D.B. BHOSALE, J.] NPJ/wp1576-11 (3) wp1576-11