-: 1 :- HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION. Writ Petition No. 5427 of 2009 Ashok Suresh Ambigar. ..Petitioner. Versus State of Maharashtra & others. ..Respondents. Mr. R. K. Mendadkar for the Petitioner. Mr. V. Masurkar, GP for the Respondent – State Coram: S. B. Mhase & R. M. Savant, JJ. Date : July 22, 2009. P. C. : 1. Rule returnable forthwith. 2. It is not necessary to consider the matter on merits so far as the caste validation claim of the petitioner is concerned. This matter requires to be remitted back since one of the members of the Scheduled Tribe Certificate Scrutiny Committee, Pune Region, Pune, namely, Mr. T. R. Dhondage, Member and Research Officer, was not present at the time of hearing of the case, however, he has signed the impugned order. This position is not disputed by the respondents. In view of this fact, the order dated 30th March 2009 passed against -: 2 :- the petitioner in Case No. TCSC/SER/ Solapur-31/2004 is set aside and the matter is remitted back to respondent no.2. Respondent no.2 shall re-hear the matter and decide it afresh within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. 3. The above petition is disposed of by making the Rule absolute to the aforesaid extent. (R.M.SAVANT, J.) (S.B.MHASE, J.)