1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE, BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO.5468 OF 2010 Vijay s/o Kalusing Rathod, Age 28 years, Occ. Lawyer & Agri., R/o Verul, Tq. Khultabad, District Aurangabad. ... PETITIONER VERSUS 1. The State of Maharashtra through Additional Collector, Aurangabad 2. The Divisional Caste Scrutiny Committee for N.T., O.B.C., Aurangabad Division, In front of CIDCO Bus Stand, Town Centre, Aurangabad ... RESPONDENTS ..... Shri S.K. Chavan, Advocate for the petitioner Mrs. A.V. Gondhalekar, A.G.P. for respondents ..... CORAM: P.V. HARDAS & N.D. DESHPANDE, JJ. DATED: 15th July, 2010 ORAL JUDGMENT (PER P.V. HARDAS, J.): 1. Rule. Rule returnable forthwith. With the consent of learned counsel for the parties, this petition is heard finally at the stage of admission. 2 2. Though the proposal of the petitioner seeking verification of his caste status had been submitted and was pending before the Scrutiny Committee, a fresh proposal came to be submitted on 12.5.2010. Since the requirement of law is to submit the validity certificate along with the election form, the petitioner has filed the present petition seeking the issuance of a writ to the respondent Scrutiny Committee for deciding the pending caste/ tribe claim of the petitioner. 3. In that light of the matter, therefore, we are inclined to allow this petition and accordingly, allow this petition and direct the petitioner to appear before the respondent No.2 Scrutiny Committee on 26/7/2010 and further direct the Scrutiny Committee to decide the caste / tribe claim of the petitioner within three months of 26/7/2010. 4. Rule is thus made absolute on above terms with no order as to costs. (N.D. DESHPANDE, J.) (P.V. HARDAS, J.)