Ladda 1 wp-4865-07.doc IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION No. 4865 of 2007 WITH CIVIL APPLICATION No. 872 of 2011 Sindhudurg Zilla Thakar Samaj Sindhudurg through its President Ajay Dasharath Gangavane ...Petitioner. Versus The State of Maharashtra and others ...Respondents. ...... Mr S.B. Shetye i/by Sudhir Prabhu, Advocate for the Petitioner. Mrs M.P. Thakur, Assistant Government Pleader for the Respondent Nos. 1 and 2. CORAM: D.D. SINHA AND A.R.JOSHI, JJ. DATED : 8TH JULY, 2011. P.C. 1. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for the State. 2. Counsel for the petitioner states that writ petition No. 4865 of 2007 has been filed by Sindhudurg Zilla Thakar Samaj Ladda 2 wp-4865-07.doc Sindhudurg, through its President in a representative capacity, seeking direction to respondent No.2 to consider the caste claim of the individuals pending for decision before the Caste Scrutiny Committee of the persons belonging to Thakar Community from Sindhudurg District by applying affinity test. 3. It is submitted that the Caste Scrutiny Committee has already decided some of the caste claims of the members of the petitioner­Samaj and those who were aggrieved by the said order, have already availed appropriate remedy available in law. 4. The Counsel for the petitioner seeks permission to withdraw the present petition with liberty to challenge the order, if any, passed by the Caste Scrutiny Committee in respect of the members of the petitioner­Samaj, if it is adverse. It is made clear that this Court has not adjudicated upon any of the issues involved in the petition and it is for the Caste Scrutiny Committee to consider individual caste claims of the members of the petitioner­Samaj, in accordance with law and procedure applicable in this regard on its own merit. If the order of the Caste Scrutiny Committee will be adverse to the individuals, it is always open for them to challenge the same in accordance with law and procedure applicable in this Ladda 3 wp-4865-07.doc regard. 5. Writ Petition and the Civil Application are disposed of accordingly by keeping the issues open. (D.D. SINHA,J) (A.R.JOSHI,J)