wp10821.10 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY, BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 10821 OF 2010 Raju s/o Laxman Suryawanshi & another .. PETITIONERS VERSUS The State of Maharashtra & another .. RESPONDENTS Mr. V.U. Jadhav, advocate for the petitioners. Mr. N.B. Khandare, GP for the State. ===== CORAM : B.R. GAVAI & R.M. BORDE, JJ. DATE : 20 th DECEMBER, 2010 PER COURT : 1 Petitioners belong to ‘Gadi Lohar – Nomadic Tribe’ community. It is informed that the proposal in respect of validation of the caste claim was tendered to respondent no. 2 by the petitioners. However, the proposal was not accepted by respondent no. 2 on the count that there is no occasion of securing employment or further education on the basis of caste validity certificate for the petitioners. The petitioners have again approached respondent no. 2 with a request to re-consider the proposal in respect of wp10821.10 2 validation of the caste claim. However, the request made by the petitioner is not yet considered by respondent no. 2 – Committee. As such, the petitioners have approached this court seeking direction to respondent no. 2 – Committee to accept the proposal and decide the same within stipulated period. 2 Respondent no. 2 – Committee is, therefore, directed to accept the proposal which would be submitted by the petitioner within a period of three weeks from today. On receipt of the proposal, respondent no. 2 shall decide the claim in respect of validation of certificate, within a period of three months thereafter. Petition stands disposed of. ( R. M. BORDE ) ( B. R. GAVAI ) JUDGE JUDGE dyb