Kambli 1 wp2448.10 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.2448 OF 2010 ... Deepak Amarsingh Shinde ...Petitioner v/s. The State of Maharashtra & ors. ...Respondents ... Mr.R.K.Mendadkar for the Petitioner. Mr.A.I.H.Patel, AGP for State. ... CORAM: D.K.Deshmukh & N.D.Deshpande,JJ DATED: 3rd September, 2010 P.C.: 1. Rule. Returnable forthwith. Heard finally by consent of parties. 2. By this petition the Petitioner challenges the order passed by the Scheduled Tribes Kambli 2 wp2448.10 Certificate Scrutiny Committee dated 26-2-2010 holding that the claim of the Petitioner that he belongs to “Thakur” Schedule Tribe is not valid. 3. We have heard the learned Counsel for both sides. It is clear from the order that one of the document relied on by the Petitioner was validity certificate dated 8-7-2005 issued by the Scrutiny Committee in favour of a relative of the Petitioner by name Chandrashekhar Suresh Thakur. The Petitioner had also filed affidavit of Mr.Chandrashekhar S.Thakur dated 23-8-2007 stating that the Petitioner is related to him on paternal side. Perusal of the order of the Scrutiny Committee, however, shows that the Scrutiny Committee, though had mentioned both the document in its order, has not considered those documents in rejecting the claim of the Petitioner that he belongs to Thakur Schedule Tribe. In our opinion, non-consideration of this relevant aspect vitiates the order passed by the quasi-judicial authority. In our opinion, therefore, following order would Kambli 3 wp2448.10 meet the ends of justice. O R D E R (i) The order impugned in the petition is set aside. The matter is remitted back to the Scrutiny Committee for denovo consideration and decision in accordance with law. Rule made absolute. No order as to costs. (D.K.Deshmukh, J.) (N.D.Deshpande, J.)