1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY, BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO.1908 OF 2010 Pritee d/o Sudhakarrao Swami Age 18 years, Occu.Student/Education, R/o CIDCO, Aurangabad, District Aurangabad .. PETITIONER VERSUS 1. The State of Maharashtra Through its Secretary, Tribal Development Department, Mantralaya, Mumbai 32 2. Member Secretary/Research Officer, Divisional Caste Certificate Scrutiny Committee No.1, Aurangabad Division N-4, CIDCO, B-26, Jaibhavani Chowk, Aurangabad 3. The Principal, Saraswati Bhuwan College, Aurangpura, Aurangabad ..RESPONDENTS Shri V.D.Patnoorkar, Advocate for petitioner Shri K.J.Ghute Patil, Assistant Govt.Pleader for respondents 1 & 2 Respondent No.3 deleted as per leave of the Court dated 20.4.2010 CORAM : P.V. HARDAS AND S.V.GANGAPURWALA, JJ DATE : 20th April, 2010 ORAL JUDGMENT (PER S.V.GANGAPURWALA, J.) 1. At the outset, the learned Counsel for the petitioner seeks to delete respondent No.3. Leave to delete granted at the risk of the petitioner. 2 2. Rule. Rule returnable forthwith. With the consent of learned Counsel for the parties, this petition is taken up for final hearing at the stage of admission. 3. The petitioner vide the present writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India prays that the respondent No.2 be directed to decide application/proposal for validation of his caste certificate belonging to Jangam – Other Backward Class. 4. In view of the fact that the application/proposal of the petitioner for validation of his caste certificate is pending with the respondents, we direct the respondents to decide the said proposal within a period of two months from today. We also direct the petitioner to appear before the respondent – scrutiny committee on 26th April 2010. 5. Rule is made absolute in above terms with no orders as to costs. ( S.V.GANGAPURWALA ) ( P.V.HARDAS ) JUDGE JUDGE (vvr/1908.10wp)