1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 6829 OF 2008 Shamrao Babu Powar. ..... Petitioner. Versus State of Maharashtra & Ors. ..... ..... Respondents. Mr. Rahul P. Walvekar for the Petitioner. Mr. V. A. Sonpal, AGP for Respondent Nos.1 and 2. Ms.Manjiri Parasnis i/by Mr. P. M. Arjunwadkar for Respondent No.3. CORAM : BILAL NAZKI and SMT. NISHITA MHATRE, JJ. DATED : 1ST DECEMBER, 2008. P.C.: The petitioner was elected to Gram Panchayat of Village Gudal, Dist. Kolhapur, in the year 2005 and then he was elected Sarpanch. He claimed to belong to a reserved category, but the Caste Scrutiny Committee rejected his claim that he belongs to a particular community. As a consequence to the order of the Caste Scrutiny Committee he was removed as Sarpanch of the Gram Panchayat. 2. The petitioner challenged the order of the Caste Scrutiny Committee before this Court by filing a Writ Petition being Writ Petition No. 5912 of 2 2007 which was decided by this Court on 19th June, 2008. By the said order, the Court set aside the order of the Caste Scrutiny Committee and remanded matter back to the Committee with certain observations. The petitioner submits that since the Caste Scrutiny Committee' s decision declaring him not belonging to a particular caste is set aside by the High Court by its earlier order, his position as Panch and Sarpanch be restored. 3. We feel that the matter can be disposed of by directing the Caste Scrutiny Committee to dispose of the matter in terms of the High Court's earlier order dated 19th June, 2008 in Writ Petition No. 5912 of 2007 within a period of three weeks from the date of the receipt of the copy of this order. Order accordingly. 4. The writ petition is, accordingly, disposed of. Sd/- (BILAL NAZKI, J.) Sd/- (SMT. NISHITA MHATRE, J.)