1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY, BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 9800 OF 2010 Sou. Vandana w/o Gangadhar Kolate .. PETITIONER VERSUS The State Election Commission & others .. RESPONDENTS Mr. P.R. Katneshwarkar, advocate for the petitioner. Smt. Y.M. Kshirsagar, AGP for the State. Mr. S.T. Shelke, advocate for respondent nos. 1 and 2. ===== CORAM : R. M. BORDE, J. DATE : 21 st OCTOBER, 2010. PER COURT : 1 Nomination paper tendered by the petitioner with a view to contest the election to the seat of member of the Village Panchayat has been turned down on account of his failure to furnish the acknowledgment in respect of pendency of caste verification claim before the Scrutiny Committee. In the absence of there being any acknowledgment issued by the Scrutiny Committee in respect of receipt of proposal for verification of the caste claim of the petitioner, the impugned order passed by the Returning Officer rejecting the nomination paper tendered by the petitioner 2 cannot be said to be erroneous. Learned AGP appearing for the Scrutiny Committee has informed that the Committee has not yet received the proposal in respect of verification of the caste claim of the petitioner. In this view of the matter, petition does not deserve any consideration. Petition therefore stands rejected. 2 Pending civil application, if any, does not survive and stands disposed of. ( R. M. BORDE, J.) dyb/office/wp9800.10.odt