WP 4267/11 - 1 - IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO.4267/2011 Prashant s/o Rameshwar Swami, age 29 yrs., occu.nil r/o Shivajinagar, Murud Tq. & Dist.Latur. ...Petitioner.. Versus 1] The State of Maharashtra, through Secretary, Social Welfare Department, Maharashtra State, Mantralaya, Mumbai. 2] The Divisional Caste Verification Committee, Latur Division, Latur, Near ICICI Bank in front of Ramdev Baba Mandir, Ausa Road, Latur. 3] The Secretary, Home Department, Mantralaya, Mumbai. ...Respondents... ..... Shri V.D. Salunke, Advocate for petitioner. Smt.A.V. Gondhalekar, AGP for respondent nos.1 to 3. ..... CORAM: D.B. BHOSALE & S.B. DESHMUKH, JJ. DATE: 17.06.2011 PER COURT : 1] Heard learned counsel for the parties. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith and taken up for final disposal at the request of learned counsel for the WP 4267/11 - 2 - parties. 2] In this writ petition, the petitioner is seeking direction to the respondent - scrutiny committee to decide his caste claim within time frame. 3] Learned AGP for the scrutiny committee submits that the scrutiny committee shall decide the caste claim of the petitioner within four months from today. 4] Having considered the prayer in the writ petition and the submissions of learned counsel for the parties, we dispose of this writ petition by the following order. 5] The respondent - scrutiny committee shall decide the petitioner's caste claim as expeditiously as possible and preferably within a period of four months from today. The petitioner is directed to appear before the scrutiny committee on 30.6.2011 with all the relevant documents in support of his claim. Rule is accordingly made absolute in terms of above order. No costs. (S.B. DESHMUKH, J.) (D.B. BHOSALE, J.) ndk/c176112