1 FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET NO IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE, BENCH AT AURANGABAD. Writ Petition No.1744 Of 2010 DISTRICT: NANDED Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court’s orders or directions and Registrar’s orders. Court’s or Judge’s order Coram: A.M. Khanwilkar & S.S. Shinde, JJ. Date: 4th March 2010 ----- 1) The petitioner has directly approached this Court against the order dated 21st December 2009 passed by the District Supply Officer Nanded rejecting the petitioner’s application for issuance of caste certificate. Against this decision the petitioner has alternative and efficacious remedy by way of appeal before the Caste Scrutiny Committee. In that view of the matter, we see no reason to directly entertain this writ petition against the impugned decision. 2 2) The counsel for the petitioner submits that relegating the petitioner before the appellate authority may result in delay in getting justice to the petitioner. The argument deserves to be stated to be rejected. Suffice it to observe that since statutory remedy of appeal is available to the petitioner, no interference in exercise of writ jurisdiction is warranted. 3) The petition is allowed to be withdrawn and disposed of as withdrawn with liberty to the petitioner to pursue remedy of appeal, if so advised. In case there is delay in filing appeal the appellate authority may exclude the delay for the period spent by the petitioner in approaching this Hon’ble Court. (S.S. SHINDE,J.)(A.M. KHANWILKAR, J.) rsl/ wp.1744.10