1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO.8529 of 2010 Tejas Dilip Thakur ( Wankhede), Age 20 years, Occu.Education, r/o. R.K.Nagar, Amalner, Tal.Amalner, Dist. Jalgaon. ...PETITIONER VERSUS 1. The State of Maharashtra, Through Secretary, Department of Tribal Development, Mantralaya, Mumbai 32. 2. Scheduled Tribes Certificate Scrutiny Committee, Through its Member Secretary, Nandurbar Division, Nandurbar, Dist.Nandurbar. 3. Ayurved Mahavidyalaya Va Sanshodhan Kendra, Sector 25, Pradhikaran, Nigdi, Pune 44, Dist. Pune. 4. The Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, Through its Registrar, Gangapur Road, Anandvalli, Nashik 422 013. ...RESPONDENTS ... Mr.G.S.Rane, Adv., for the petitioner. Mr.N.B.Patil, A.G.P for respondent no.1. Mr.R.P.Phatke, Adv., for respondent no.2. Mr.K.C.Sant, Adv., for respondent no.4. ... 2 CORAM:B.R.GAVAI AND K.U.CHANDIWAL, JJ. DATE: 21/9/2010 *** PER COURT : (Per B.R.Gavai, J.) 1. Rule. Rule made returnable and heard forthwith. 2. Limited grievance in the petition is that though the claim of the petitioner for verifying the tribal status of petitioner is pending before the respondent Committee, the same is not decided and, in the meantime, respondent nos. 3 and 4 have threatened the petitioner to take coercive action in the event the petitioner does not produce the validity certificate. The petitioner cannot be penalized for the delay on the part of respondent no.2. 3. In that view of the matter, we dispose of the matter by directing respondent no.2 Committee to decide the claim of the petitioner within a period of six months from today. The petitioner would appear before the respondent Committee on 11th Oct.,2010 and, as such, the requirement of common notice shall stand waived. 3 4. It is further directed that till the decision of the respondent Committee and, for a period of four weeks thereafter, in the event the decision of the Committee is adverse to the interests of the petitioner, respondent nos. 3 and 4 will not take coercive action against the petitioner. Rule made absolute in above terms. (K.U.CHANDIWAL) (B.R.GAVAI) JUDGE JUDGE agp/8529-10wp