1 wp3729.11.sxw ssm IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 3729 OF 2011 Khithani Hansa Prakash ......Petitioner. Vs. The State of Maharashtra & Ors. ......Respondents. Mr. Vijay Gharat for the Petitioner. Mr. V.S. Gokhale, AGP for Respondent Nos. 1 to 3. CORAM :- D.D. SINHA AND ANOOP V. MOHTA, JJ. DATE :- 6 SEPTEMBER 2011. P.C. :- Heard the learned counsel for the Petitioner and the Assistant Government Pleader for the State. 2 In the present Petition, the Petitioner is seeking direction to the Caste Scrutiny Committee-Respondent No.2 to decide the caste claimed by the Petitioner in accordance with law within a stipulated period. In the circumstances, the Writ Petition is disposed of as withdrawn with a direction to Respondent No.2-Committee to decide the caste claim of the Petitioner in accordance with law and procedure applicable in this regard on its own merits as early as possible and in any case not beyond the period of four months from the date of communication of this order. (ANOOP V. MOHTA, J.) (D.D. SINHA, J.)