(1) wp2169-11 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 2169 OF 2011 Jeevanlal Vishram Chaudhary PETITIONER VERSUS The State of Maharashtra and others RESPONDENTS .... Mr. Vinod P. Patil, advocate for the petitioner. Mrs. A.V. Gondhalekar, A.G.P. for the respondent/State. .... CORAM : D.B. BHOSALE & M.T. JOSHI, JJ. DATED : 8th APRIL, 2011 ORAL ORDER : 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.G.P. for the respondent/State. 2. By this petition, the petitioner has prayed for direction to respondent No. 2 - Scrutiny Committee to decide the caste claim of respondent No. 3 within time-frame. Respondent No. 3 is a elected Sarpanch of village Tavse (Bk.), Taluka Chopra. The (2) wp2169-11 petitioner is a resident of said village. The petitioner states that the caste certificate of respondent No. 3 is pending before respondent No.2 - Scrutiny Committee for its validation. Having considered overall facts and circumstances of the case, we observe that respondent No.2 - Scrutiny Committee shall endeavour to decide respondent No.3's caste claim expeditiously. With these observations, the writ petition is disposed of. [M.T. JOSHI, J.] [D.B. BHOSALE, J.] NPJ/wp2169-11