1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 6400 OF 2008 DIST.: KOLHAPUR Milan Parshuram @ Prasad Khobre ...Petitioner Versus State of Maharashtra & Ors. ...Respondents. Mr. Rahul P. Walvekar for the Petitioner Mr. A.L. Patki, Special Counsel, for Respondents No. 1 to 3. CORAM: B ILAL NAZKI and J.H. BHATIA, JJ. DATE: OCTOBER 21, 2008 P.C.:- Leave to amend. 2. Rule, returnable forthwith. Heard finally by consent of the parties. 3. By this petition, the petitioner challenges the order dated 14th August, 2007 passed by the Caste Scrutiny Committee holding that the Caste Certificate submitted by the petitioner, certifying that she belongs to Vaishya-Wani-190 Caste, which is included in the list of Other Backward Classes, is invalid. 4. The principal ground of challenge is that the Caste Scrutiny 2 Committee consists of three members, one Chairman and two members, but the impugned order is signed by two members only. Though the Chairman participated in the proceedings, he has not signed the order. As the Committee consists of three members, in order that the order can be said to be a valid order, it must be signed by all the three members of the Committee. As the Chairman has not signed the order, in our opinion, it would be appropriate to set aside the order and remand the matter back to the Committee for de novo hearing and decision in accordance with law. 5. In the result, therefore, the present petition succeeds and the order passed by the Caste Scrutiny Committee is set aside. The matter is remanded back to the Caste Scrutiny Committee for de novo hearing and decision in accordance with law. The Rule is made absolute in the above terms accordingly. BILAL NAZKI, J. J.H. BHATIA, J.