{1} IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO.3017 OF 2009 Chandrakala Devidas Yelpalwad R/o Vanjarwadi, Tq-Naigao, Dist-Nanded PETITIONER VERSUS 1. The State of Maharashtra Through Secretary, Tribal Development Department, Mantralaya, Mumbai 2. Scheduled Tribe Certificate Verification Committee, Aurangabad Through its Member Secretary, 3. The Sub Divisional Officer, Degloor, Dist-Nanded RESPONDENTS WITH WRIT PETITION NO.3019 OF 2009 Akshay Devidas Yelpalwad Through Natural Guardian Devidas Ganesh Yelpalwad R/o Vanjarwadi, Tq-Naigao, Dist-Nanded PETITIONER VERSUS 1. The State of Maharashtra Through Secretary, Tribal Development Department, Mantralaya, Mumbai {2} 2. Scheduled Tribe Certificate Verification Committee, Aurangabad Through its Member Secretary, 3. The Sub Divisional Officer, Degloor, Dist-Nanded RESPONDENTS ....... Mr.A.S.Londhe, Advocate for petitioners Mr.V.B.Ghatge, AGP for respondents No.1 and 3 Mr.U.S.Malte, Advocate for respondent No.2 ....... [CORAM : P.V.HARDAS, and A.V.POTDAR, J.J.] DATE : 24th July 2009 ORAL JUDGMENT (PER P.V.HARDAS, J.) : 1. Since both these petitions challenge the orders passed by the Sub Divisional Officer, Degloor and confirmed in appeals by the Scrutiny Committee, these petitions can be decided finally at this stage. 2. Accordingly, we issue rule and make it returnable forthwith. We have heard learned counsel for the parties. 3. These petitions impugn the orders passed by the Sub Divisional Officer declining to issue caste certificates to the petitioners, as belonging to Mannerwarlu Scheduled Tribe. The aforesaid orders were carried in appeal and came to be confirmed by the respondent Scrutiny Committee. {3} 4. At this stage, it is not necessary for us to advert to the various documents, which were produced by the petitioners in respect of their tribe claims, before the Sub Divisional Officer. Suffice it to say that the real brother of the petitioners had filed writ petition No.2944/2009 in this Court challenging rejection of his application for issuance of certificate as belonging to Mannerwarlu Scheduled Tribe. The Division Bench of this Court, by its judgment dated 05.05.2009 in Writ Petition No.2944/2009 (Prashant Devidas Yelpalwad V/s State of Maharashtra and others), allowed the writ petition and directed the authorities to issue certificate to the petitioner therein as belonging to Mannerwarlu Scheduled Tribe. Mr.Londhe, learned counsel for the petitioners, states that the petitioner in Writ Petition No. 2944/2009 is the real brother of the petitioners in these petitions. Accepting the aforesaid statement, we allow these petitions and quash and set aside the impugned orders. We direct the Sub Divisional Officer, Degloor to issue certificate to the petitioners as belonging to Mannerwarly Scheduled Tribe forthwith. 5 Rule is thus made absolute on the above terms with no order as to costs. [A.V.POTDAR, J.] [P.V.HARDAS, J.] drp/wp3017-09