1 wp 9256.11 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 9256 OF 2011 Amarshah Khurshid Ali .. Petitioner Versus The Returning Officer and others .. Respondents Shri V. P. Patil, Advocate for the Petitioner. Shri S. T. Shelke, Advocate for the Respondent No. 1. CORAM : S. V. GANGAPURWALA, J. DATE : 01ST DECEMBER, 2011. PER COURT : . Heard Shri Patil, the learned counsel for the petitioner. The learned counsel submits that there is no caste validity certificate. The petitioner has already applied, but could not get the caste validity certificate. It is not the fault of the petitioner. 2. Shri S. T. Shelke, the learned counsel for the respondent No. 1 relies on the judgment of Division Bench of this Court in a case of Bipinchandra Shahurao Thombre and others Vs. The State of Maharashtra and others reported in 2010 (2) 2 wp 9256.11 Bom.C.R. 656 and submits that when the nomination paper is not supported with caste validity certificate the same cannot be considered. 3. In view of the judgment of Division Bench of this Court in a case of Bipinchandra Shahurao Thombre referred supra, the writ petition is sans merit, as such is dismissed, however, with no order as to costs. [ S. V. GANGAPURWALA, J. ] bsb/Dec. 11