WP 3718/11 1 FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET NO. IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE, BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO.3718/2011 Shrikant Narendra Thakur V/s The State & another. _______________________________________________________ Office Notes, Office | Memoranda of Coram, | Court's or Judge's orders appearances, Court's | orders or directions | and Registrar's orders | Shri K.T. Shirrurkar, Advocate for petitioner. Smt.V.A. Shinde, AGP for respondent no.1. Shri R.P. Phatke, Advocate for respondent no.2. CORAM: D.B. BHOSALE & S.B. DESHMUKH, JJ. Date: 22.06.2011 Heard learned counsel for the parties. The petitioner in this writ petition is seeking direction to respondent no.2 - scrutiny committee to decide his tribe claim within time frame. The petitioner states that he had approached the scrutiny committee for deciding his tribe claim on 9.11.2004 and till today his tribe claim is pending for consideration. Having considered the prayer made in the writ petition, we are satisfied that this WP 3718/11 2 petition can be conveniently disposed of by the following order. Respondent no.2 - scrutiny committee shall decide the petitioner's tribe claim, if not already decided, as expeditiously as possible and preferably within a period of eight months from the date of receipt of this order. The petitioner is directed to appear before the scrutiny committee along with copy of this order on 11.7.2011. With these observations, the petition is disposed of. (S.B. Deshmukh, J.) (D.B. Bhosale, J.) Dt/- 22.06.2011 ndk/c226112