1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH : NAGPUR WRIT PETITION NO.2182 OF 2008 (Smt. Jayedabi (Jahedabi) w/o Gani Shah vs. State and others) ___________________________________________________________________ Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders Court's or Judge's orders or directions and Registrar's orders. CORAM : D.D. SINHA AND SMT. VASANTI A. NAIK, JJ. DATED : JUNE 6, 2008 Heard Shri Joshi, learned Counsel for the petitioner, Shri Sambre, learned Government Pleader for the respondent nos.1, 3 and 4, Shri Marpakwar, learned Counsel for the respondent no.2, and Mrs. Jog, learned Counsel for the respondent no.5. Shri Joshi, learned Counsel for the petitioner, states that at this stage petitioner does not want to press challenge to validity of the amending legislation and is restricting his prayer only to the extent of issuing direction to the Caste Scrutiny Committee to decide caste claim of the petitioner within a stipulated period. In the circumstances, petition is disposed of as withdrawn with direction to the 2 Caste Scrutiny Committee to decide the caste claim of the petitioner, if it is pending and not decided earlier, on its own merits according to law and procedure applicable in this regard within a period of three months from the date of communication of this order. JUDGE JUDGE khj