1 WP 3645.2002 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET No. WRIT PETITION NO. 3645 OF 2002 (Sachin S/o Dhondiram Tapse VS. The State of Maharashtra and ors.) Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders or directions and Registrar's orders Court's or Judge's Orders Mr. S.C. Yeramwar, Advocate h/f. Mr. A.S. Golegaonkar, Advocate for the Petitioner Mr. K.M. Suryawanshi, A.G.P. for the respondent-State Mr. A.R. Salve, Advocate for the respondent no.2 ... CORAM : B. R. GAVAI AND M.T. JOSHI, JJ. DATED : 14.09.2011 P.C.:- 1. It is submitted that the petitioner in Writ Petition no. 4869 of 2006 namely Jyoti is the first cousin of the petitioner. It is further submitted that the said Petition has been disposed of by this Court vide order dated 13th July, 2011. 2. We are therefore inclined to dispose of the Petition in the following terms:- I) The impugned order is set aside. The petitioner's tribe claim will be decided by the 2 WP 3645.2002 Scrutiny Committee alongwith those of his relatives. The Scrutiny Committee will not be bound by the fact that it has issued validity certificates in the case of some of the relatives of the petitioner, while deciding the tribe claim of the petitioner. 3. Rule is partly made absolute in the aforesaid terms with no order as to costs. 4. Taking into consideration the peculiar facts and circumstances of this case, the respondent- Committee is directed to decide the claim of the petitioner, on its remand, within a period of six (6) months from today. Sd/- Sd/- arp [M. T. JOSHI, J. ] [B. R. GAVAI, J.]