-: 1 :- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 1955 OF 2007 WRIT PETITION NO. 1955 OF 2007 WRIT PETITION NO. 1955 OF 2007 Hiranand @ Hiro Atmaram Jagiasi .. Petitioner. V/s. The State of Maharashtra & Ors. .. Respondents. --- Mr.R.K.Mendadkar for the Petitioner. Mr.R.D.Rane, Govt.Pleader for the Respondent Nos.1 to 3. --- CORAM : F.I. REBELLO AND CORAM : F.I. REBELLO AND CORAM : F.I. REBELLO AND R.M. SAVANT, JJ. R.M. SAVANT, JJ. R.M. SAVANT, JJ. DATED : 22ND MARCH, 2007. DATED : 22ND MARCH, 2007. DATED : 22ND MARCH, 2007. P.C.: P.C.: P.C.: . Rule. Heard forthwith. 2. The petitioner has been elected as councillor of the Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation; as per the results which were declared on 01.02.2007. The petitioner applied on 16.01.2007 to the Caste Scrutiny Committee for verification of his caste certificate. The petitioner also annexed a copy of the application which is undated to the petition that was received in the office of the Collector, Thane on 16th January, 2007. The petitioner’s case is that when he went with -: 2 :- the application to the Caste Scrutiny Committee, the said Committee did not entertain his application, on the ground that it was delayed. It is a further case of the petitioner that his daughter’s caste certificate has already been validated by the said Committee on 1st September, 2006. 3. A similar issue had come up for our consideration in writ petition No. 1453 of 2007. Considering what is set out therein in the said petition, we direct the Respondent No.2 to decide on the petitioner’s re-submitting his application to the Committee within one week from today. 4. The petitioner’s claim be decided by the Committee in any event not later than 13th April, 2007. 5. Rule is made absolute accordingly with no order as to costs. (F.I.REBELLO,J.) (R.M.SAVANT,J.) .....