1 UNREPORTED IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD. WRIT PETITION NO.2923 OF 2010 Laxman Chatrabhuj Bodhwad, Age 20 years, Occ.Education, R/o Kacharwadi, Tq. Dharur, Dist. Beed. ... Petitioner. Versus 1.Scheduled Tribe Certificate Scrutiny Committee, Aurangabad Division, Aurangabad, through its Member Secretary. 2. Sub-Divisional Officer Ambejogai, Tq. Ambajogai, Dist.Beed. ... Respondents. ... Mr.S.S.Phatale, advocate for the petitioner. Mr.S.K.Kadam, Asstt.Govt. Pleader for the State. Mr.U.S.Malte, advocate for the Respondent No.1. ... CORAM : P.V.HARDAS AND : S.V.GANGAPURWALA,JJ. Date : 08.04.2010. 2 ORAL JUDGMENT (Per S.V.Gangapurwala,J.) 1. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith. With the consent of the learned counsels for the parties, this petition is taken up for final hearing at the stage of admission. 2. The petitioner seeks to challenge the order dt.2.9.2009 passed by the Sub-Divisional Officer, Ambejogai and confirmed by the Scrutiny Committee by the judgment and order dated 24.9.2009. 3. The application of the petitioner for issuance of Caste certificate as beloging to the Mahadeo Koli caste has been rejected. Perusal of the order shows that no reasons have been given by the Sub-Divisional Officer while rejecting said application. The record shows that the father of the petitioner has been issued the caste certificate as belonging to Mahadeo Koli caste, by the competent authority. When the father has already been issued Caste certificate, there is no propriety in refusing to issue caste 3 certificate to the son as belonging to same caste. In view of the fact that the father of the petitioner has been issued the Caste certificate "Mahadeo Koli", the petitioner also deserves to be issued Caste certificate. 4. In light of above fact, we hereby direct the Sub-Divisional Officer to forthwith issue the Caste Certificate of "Mahadeo Koli" to the petitioner. 5. Rule is thus made absolute in above terms with no order as to costs. (S.V.GANGAPURWALA,J.) (P.V.HARDAS,J.) asp/office/wp292310