1 lgc IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 908 OF 1995 Ashok Jagannath Worlikar : Petitioner versus State of Maharashtra & ors. : Respondents. Mr. J S Chandanani i/by Mr.S H Gursahani for the Petitioner. Mr. C R Sonawane, AGP, Respondent/State. CORAM : P B MAJMUDAR & R M SAVANT, JJ. DATE : 18 th June 2010 P.C. 1 The Petitioner seeks withdrawal of the above Petition and accepts the position that he belongs to the “Koli Caste” which is now declared as Special Backward Class by the Government of Maharashtra. The Petitioner by withdrawing the above Petition has, therefore, given up his challenge to the impugned order of the Caste Scrutiny Committee rejecting his claim as belonging to “Mahadeo Koli”. 2 In view of the fact that the Caste Scrutiny Committee has held the Petitioner to be belonging to the Koli Caste which is declared as Special Backward Class, the Petitioner would be entitled to avail of all the benefits of the Special Backward Class in terms of the Government Policy 2 as contained in the Government Resolution dated 15th June 1995 and the other Government Resolutions if any in this behalf. The Petitioner may make an appropriate application/representation to his appointing authority in that behalf. 3 With the aforesaid observations the Petition is dismissed as withdrawn. [R.M.SAVANT, J] [P.B.MAJMUDAR, J]