- 1 - IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO.6453/2010 Manohar s/o Ramrao Pallewad, age 19 years, occu.education, r/o Lalwandi Tq.Naigaon (Kh.) Dist.Nanded. ...Petitioner.. Versus 1] The State of Maharashtra, through Secretary to Tribal Development Department, Mantralaya, Mumbai. 2] The Scheduled Tribe Caste Certificate Verification Committee, Aurangabad. Through its Dy.Director (R), Aurangabad. 3] The Sub Divisional Officer, Degloor. Dist.Nanded. ...Respondents... ..... Shri S.M. Vibhute, Advocate for petitioner. Shri K.J. Ghute Patil, AGP for respondent nos.1 & 3. Shri R.P. Phatake, Advocate for respondent no.2. ..... - 2 - CORAM: P.V. HARDAS & N.D. DESHPANDE, JJ. DATE: 30.07.2010 ORAL JUDGMENT (Per Hardas, J.): 1] Rule. Rule returnable forthwith. With the consent of learned counsel for the parties, this petition is heard finally at the stage of admission. 2] The petitioner challenges the order passed by the Sub Divisional Officer, Degloor, dated 9.9.2009 rejecting the application of the petitioner for issuance of a certificate as belonging to Mannerwarlu – scheduled tribe. The petitioner also challenges the order of the appellate authority dated 24.12.2009 dismissing the appeal. 3] At the outset, Shri S.M. Vibhute, learned counsel for the petitioner, states that inadvertently the petitioner could not produce two important documents i.e. caste certificate granted to the cousin of the petitioner and the caste certificate issued by judgment of this Court to the second cousin of the petitioner. Shri Vibhute states that aforesaid documents are important and necessary documents in order to decide the question of issuance of caste certificate to the petitioner. 4] In that light of the matter, therefore, we allow this petition, quash and set aside the impugned orders and remit the matter back to the Sub Divisional Officer, - 3 - Degloor, for decision afresh after giving an opportunity to the petitioner to produce the documents. The petitioner, therefore, to produce the additional material / documents / evidence within three weeks from today and the Sub Divisional Officer, Degloor, to decide the application afresh within four weeks thereafter. Rule is, thus, made absolute on the above terms. No order as to costs. (N.D. Deshpande, J.) (P.V. Hardas, J.) ndk/c3071024