1 UNREPORTED IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD. WRIT PETITION NO.4253 OF 2010. Rajanikant S/o Govindrao Kalmurge, Age Minor, Occ. Education, R/o Biloli, Tq. Biloli, Dist.Nanded, through father/natural guardian Shri Govindrao S/o Damanna Kalmurge, Age 41 years, Occ.Service, R/o as above. ... Petitioner. Versus 1. The State of Maharashtra, through Secretary to Tribal Development Department, Mantralaya,Mumbai. 2. The Scheduled Tribe Caste Certificate Verification Committee, Aurangabad, through its Dy.Director (R), Aurangabad. 3. The Sub-Divisional Officer, Degloor, Dist. Nanded. ... Respondents. ... Mr.S.M.Vibhute, advocate for the petitioner. Mr.K.J.Ghute Patil, Asstt.Govt. Pleader for the State. Mr.U.S.Malte, Standing Counsel for the Caste verification Committee. 2 ... CORAM : P.V.HARDAS AND : S.V.GANGAPURWALA,JJ. Date : 05.05.2010. ORAL JUDGMENT (Per S.V.Gangapurwala,J.) 1. Rule. Rule returnable forthwith. With the consent of the learned counsels for the parties, this petition is heard finally at the stage of admission. 2. By the present Writ Petition, the petitioner takes exception to the order dated 18.1.2010 passed by Sub-Divisional Officer, Degloor and the order dated 26.2.2010 passed by the Scrutiny Committee in appeal rejecting the application of the petitioner for issuance of caste certificate as belonging to “Mannerwarlu” Scheduled Tribe. 3. The petitioner along with other evidence has produced the caste certificate of his father as belonging to “Mannerwarlu” Scheduled Tribe. The Sub-Divisional Officer, 3 Degloor, solely on the ground that in the field book of his grand father the caste “Mannerwarlu” is not recorded, has rejected the application. 4. As the father of the applicant has already been issued the caste certificate, it would be in the fitness of things to issue caste certificate in favour of the petitioner as belonging to the same caste. In the light of the above, we set aside the impugned order and direct the Sub-Divisional Officer, Degloor, to forthwith issue the caste certificate to the petitioner as belonging to “Mannerwarlu” Scheduled Tribe. 5. Rule made absolute in above terms with no order as to costs. (S.V.GANGAPURWALA,J.) (P.V.HARDAS,J.) asp/office/wp4253.10