1 WP 2810.2010 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET No. WRIT PETITION NO. 2810 OF 2010 (Smt. Mirabai w/o Prakash Wadetwar and ors. VS. The State of Maharashtra and ors.) Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders or directions and Registrar's orders Court's or Judge's Orders Mr. S.C. Yeramwar, Advocate for the Petitioners Mr. V.B. Ghatge, A.G.P. for the respondent-State Mr. S.T. Shelke, Advocate for the respondent no.2 ... CORAM : SMT. NISHITA MHATRE & M.T. JOSHI, JJ. DATED : 06.07.2011 P.C.:- 1. The petitioners have approached this Court for several reliefs. They have also challenged the deletion of proviso to section 10-1A of the Bombay Village Panchayats Act, 1958 effected by the Maharashtra Act no. 5 of 2009 with effect from 1.8.2010. The petitioners' caste claims are pending before the Scrutiny Committee, as a result of which they were unable to contest the elections to the Village Panchayat. 2. The learned Advocate for the petitioners states that the petitioners may be permitted to withdraw the Petition and the Scrutiny Committee should be directed to decide the caste claims of the petitioners, as expeditiously as possible. 2 WP 2810.2010 3. This is a fair suggestion of the learned Advocate for the petitioners. Accordingly, Petition is allowed to be withdrawn and dismissed as such. The Scrutiny Committee i.e. respondent no.5 shall decide the caste claims of the petitioners within three (3) months from today, if not decided already. Sd/- Sd/- arp [M.T. JOSHI, J. ] [SMT. NISHITA MHATRE, J.]