1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 7711 OF 2010 Radhabai w/o Raosaheb Gaikwad .. PETITIONER VERSUS The State of Maharashtra & others .. RESPONDENTS Mr. A.S. More , advocate for the petitioner. Mr. N.N. Jadhav, AGP for the State Mr. S.T. Shelke, advocate for respondent no. 2. CORAM : R.M. BORDE, J. DATE : 25 th AUGUST, 2010. PER COURT : 1 Nomination paper tendered by the petitioner with a view to contest election to the seat of member of village panchayat Dongaon has been rejected by the Returning Officer in view of order passed on 23-8-2010 and the said order passed by the Returning Officer is subjected to challenge in this petition. 2 The ground for rejection of nomination paper is that the affidavit tendered by the petitioner is not properly verified and it does not bear the 2 seal of the Tahsil office. Petitioner claims to be belonging to the reserved category. On perusal of the documents, it transpires that the caste certificate which is annexed to the nomination paper is issued by the Executive Magistrate. The Executive Magistrates are not empowered to issue caste certificate. Even otherwise, reasons recorded by the Returning Officer do not appear to be improper or illogical. No interference is called for in the petition. Petition stands rejected. 3 Pending civil application, if any, does not survive and stands disposed of. ( R. M. BORDE ) JUDGE dyb/wp7711.10.odt