vss IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.496 OF 2008 WRIT PETITION NO.496 OF 2008 WRIT PETITION NO.496 OF 2008 Chandrakant M. Rode ... Petitioner V/s. State of Maharashtra & Ors. ... Respondents Mr.S.S. Deshmukh for Petitioner Mr.P.M. Patil, AGp, for Respondent Nos.1 & 2 CORAM: J.N. PATEL & J.N. PATEL & J.N. PATEL & SMT.NISHITA SMT.NISHITA SMT.NISHITA MHATRE, JJ. MHATRE, JJ. MHATRE, JJ. DATED: JANUARY 24, 2008 JANUARY 24, 2008 JANUARY 24, 2008 P.C.: P.C.: P.C.: . Heard. This petition can be disposed of at the stage of admission itself. The petitioner got elected as a Member of Panchayat Samiti, Tala. The post of Chairman was reserved for Other Backward Class category. The petitioner was elected as Chairman as he belongs to the caste Shimpi which falls in Other Backward Class. The caste certificate of the Chairman was sent to the Scrutiny Committee which upheld his caste claim and issued a validity certificate on 1.11.2007. 2. On 8.1.2008, the Respondent passed an order removing the petitioner from the post of Chairman of the Panchayat Samiti, Tala on the ground that he failed to furnish the validity certificate. Probably the validity certificate was not issued or collected by the : 2 : petitioner and that is why the impugned order came to be passed. Now in view of the fact that the caste scrutiny committee has upheld the caste certificate of the petitioner, the impugned order dated 8.1.2008 is quashed and set aside. As a result, the petitioner stands restored to the post of Chairman of Panchayat Samiti, Tala for the remaining term. 3. Writ petition is disposed of accordingly. (J.N. PATEL, J.) (SMT.NISHITA MHATRE, J.)