(1) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY, AURANGABAD BENCH, AT AURANGABAD. WRIT PETITION NO. 2540 OF 1994 Vishwanath s/o. Namdeorao Jatale, Age : 36 years, Occupation : Service, R/o. Vasarni, Post : CIDCO, Taluka & District : Nanded. .. Petitioner. versus 1. The State of Maharashtra. 2. The Director General of Police, Old Secretariat Building, Colaba, Bombay. 3. The Scheduled Tribe Caste Certificate Scrutiny Committee, M.S., Nasik (Through Its Deputy Director) Old Agra Road, Nasik. .. Respondents. ....................... Mr. S.B. Talekar, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. K.G. Patil, Assistant Government Pleader, for respondent nos.1 and 2. Mr. P.S. Patil, Advocate, for respondent no.3. (2) ........................ CORAM : B.R. GAVAI & S.V. GANGAPURWALA, JJ. DATE : 7TH JULY 2010 COURT'S ORDER : 1. In view of the judgment delivered by us, on 21st June 2010, in a bunch of Writ Petitions, being Writ Petition No. 1176/1994, along with companion matters, the present petition is also allowed. The impugned order dated 25th August 1994, passed by the Committee for Scrutiny and Verification of Tribe Claims, Pune, thereby invalidating tribe claim of the petitioner, is quashed and set aside. 2. The matter is remitted back to the Committee for Scrutiny and Verification of Tribe Claims, Aurangabad, for deciding the tribe claim of the petitioner afresh, in accordance with law and the observations made in the aforesaid judgment. 3. The petitioner to appear before the Committee on 26th July 2010. The Committee shall decide the matter within a period of six months from the date of appearance of the petitioner before the Committee. (3) 4. The interim relief operating in the petition shall stand continued till the decision of the Committee and in the event, any order adverse to the petitioner is passed, for a period of two weeks from the date of receipt of communication by the petitioner. 5. Rule is made absolute in the aforesaid terms. There shall be no order as to costs. ( S.V. GANGAPURWALA ) ( B.R. GAVAI ) JUDGE JUDGE ......................... bgp/wp2540