1 FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET NO. IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE, BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 8433 OF 2010 Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court’s orders or directions and Registrar’s orders Court’s or Judge’s orders Mr. M.S. Deshmukh, Advocate for petitioner. Mr. K.G. Patil, AGP for respondent Nos. 1 to 4. Mr. S.T. Shelke, Advocate for respondent No. 5. CORAM : B.R. GAVAI AND A.A.SAYED, JJ. DATED : 11th October, 2010. PER COURT : 1. The petitioner has filed the petition, challenging the reservation of the post of Sarpanch for Village Panchayat of Kumbhari (Kh). It is the contention of the petitioner that though for the election of 2005-2010 the post of Sarpanch for the said Gram Panchayat was already reserved for Scheduled Tribe category, again for the present elections, it has been reserved for the said category. 2. In affidavit-in-reply filed on behalf of respondent Nos. 2 and 3, in paragraph No. 3, it is categorically stated that the reservation for village Kumbhari (Kh) was provided by mistake on account of similarity of names in two villages Kumbhari (Kh) and Kumbhari (Bk). The respondents states that having realized the mistake the corrective measures have 2 been taken for de-reservation of the post of Sarpanch for village Kumbhari (Kh). 3. In that view of the matter, the purpose of the petitioner has been served and the petition is disposed of as such. [ A. A. SAYED ] [ B. R. GAVAI ] Judge Judge ssc/wp8433.10