{1} IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO.1649 OF 2009 Sanjay Anandrao Dasre R/o At Post Telangwadi, Tq-Kandhar, Dist-Nanded PETITIONER VERSUS The Scheduled Tribe Caste Certificate Verification Committee, Aurangabad Through its Dy.Director (R), Aurangabad RESPONDENT ....... Mr.S.M.Vibhute, Advocate for petitioner Mr.M.S.Deshmukh, Advocate for respondent. ....... [CORAM : V.C.DAGA, J. and A.V.POTDAR, J.] DATE : 16 th July 2009 PER COURT: 1. Rule. Rule returnable forthwith. 2. Heard learned counsel for the parties. The impugned order passed by the Scrutiny Committee dated 31.03.2008 is being attacked on two grounds. Firstly, that the affidavit filed on record, to establish the blood relationship with the persons, whose caste or tribe claims have already been validated, were from paternal side and not from maternal side but the Scrutiny Committee wrongly treated it from maternal side, with the result it failed to {2} give due weight to the said fact. Learned counsel appearing for the Scrutiny Committee could not justify the finding recorded by the Committee in this behalf. 3. Secondly, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner contends that so far as affinity test is concerned, the Committee has erroneously held that the affinity with the Tribe namely Mannerwarlu Scheduled Tribe, could not be proved and brushed aside the piece of evidence by one sentence saying that the tradition, occupation, god/goddess, surnames, customs, culture, affinity disclosed are not associated with the real Scheduled Tribe community, without recording any reasons in support of the conclusions drawn. The submission made needs acceptance. The Committee was expected to give reasons in support of the findings arrived at. For want of reasons, the impugned order is set aside and the matter is remitted back to the Scrutiny Committee for consideration afresh. The Committee is directed to dispose of the proceedings with expeditious dispatch and at any rate within three months from the date of receipt of the copy of this order. The petitioner is directed to appear before the Scrutiny Committee on 29 th July 2009. Rule is thus made absolute on the terms indicated above. [A.V.POTDAR, J.] [V.C.DAGA, J.] drp/wp1649-09