1 wp 9254.11 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 9254 OF 2011 Pushpa Subhashchandra Rathore .. Petitioner Versus The Returning Officer and others .. Respondents Shri Dhepale, Advocate h/f Shri M. V. Shelke, Advocate for the Petitioner. Shri S. T. Shelke, Advocate for the Respondent No. 1. Shri V. V. Bhavthankar, Advocate for the Respondent No. 2. CORAM : S. V. GANGAPURWALA, J. DATE : 01ST DECEMBER, 2011. PER COURT : . Heard Shri Dhepale, the learned counsel holding for Shri M. V. Shelke, the learned counsel for the petitioner. The learned counsel submits that the validity certificate could not be submitted for no fault of the petitioner, as the Scrutiny Committee could not process the said proceedings within time. The petitioner should not be penalized for the same. 2. Shri S. T. Shelke, the learned counsel for the respondent 2 wp 9254.11 No. 1 and Shri Bhavthankar, the learned counsel for the respondent No. 2 support the order and rely on the judgment of the Division Bench of this Court in a case of Bipinchandra Shahurao Thombre and others Vs. The State of Maharashtra and others reported in 2010 (2) Bom.C.R. 656. 3. In view of the above the said issue is no longer res-integra and the writ petition is sans merit, as such is dismissed, however, with no order as to costs. [ S. V. GANGAPURWALA, J. ] bsb/Dec. 11