1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.1849 OF 2009 Krutu Yogeshkumar Patel (minor) through Father & Natural Guardian Yogeshkumar Chotalal Patel .. Petitioner Versus State of Maharashtra & Ors. .. Respondents Mr.R.K.Mendadkar for petitioner Mr.N.P.Pandit, AGP for State. CORAM : J.N.PATEL, Actg.C.J. & S.C.DHARMADHIKARI, J. DATE : 30th April 2010. P.C.: 1] The petitioner has filed this petition seeking a writ of mandamus directing respondent No.2 to delete the last para of the caste certificate dated 5th June 2009 and to issue fresh caste certificate in Form “C” appended to Maharashtra Caste Certificate Rules. 2] It is urged that the caste certificate issued to the petitioner is annexed as Exh.A to the petition and the impugned endorsement therein is on the basis that the certificate is issued to the petitioner’s father Yogeshkumar Chotalal Patel. The petitioner states that the family of the petitioner originally hails from Valsad District, now in the State of 2 Gujarat. When the said Tribe “Dhodia” was notified in the year 1950 by a Presidential Notification issued under Article 342(1) of the Constitution of India, the said district was in old Bombay State. Therefore, the last para deserves to be deleted. 3] This contention need not detain us. The question raised is no longer res integra. It is covered by the Supreme Court decision in the case of Sudhakar Vithal Kumbhare Vs. State of Maharashtra & Anr. Reported in (2004) 9 S.C.C. 481. Benefit of the scheduled Tribe is available only if a scheduled tribe in one region continues to get the same benefit despite bifurcation of the State. Even the Full Bench of this Court in Writ Petition Nos.6060 of 2008 (Kum.Shweta Santalal Lal Vs. State of Maharashtra), W.P. 4730 of 2008 (Shivnath Sitaram Kori Vs. State of Maharashtra) and W.P. 8884 of 2009 (Abhishek Deepak Singh Vs. State of Maharashtra) decided on 3rd March 2010 has considered this aspect and its decision fully answers the issue raised. 4] In the light of the conceded position that the matter is covered by the decision rendered by the Full Bench, this petition is devoid of any merits and is accordingly dismissed. ( Actg. CHIEF JUSTICE ) (S.C.DHARMADHIKARI, J)