1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 6067 OF 2010 Deelip S/o Jorsing Chaudhari, Age : 53 Years, Occu. : Social Worker, R/o Lakadkot, Jalna, Tq. & Dist. Jalna. .. .. Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Maharashtra, Through District Collector, Jalna. 2. The Divisional Caste Scrutiny Committee, for S.C. & S.T. Aurangabad Division, in front of CIDCO Bus Stand, Town Centre, Aurangabad. .. .. Respondents Shri G. O. Wattamwar, Advocate h/f Shri S. G. Rudrawar, Advocate for the Petitioner. Shri S. K. Tambe, A.G.P. for the Respondent No. 1. Shri U. S. Malte, Advocate for the Respondent No. 2. CORAM : P. V. HARDAS AND N. D. DESHPANDE, JJ. DATE : 13TH JULY, 2010. 2 ORAL JUDGMENT [Per P. V. HARDAS, J. ] : . Rule. Rule returnable forthwith. With the consent of learned counsel for parties this petition is heard finally at the stage of admission. 2. The limited relief which the petitioner prays for in this petition is to issue a writ directing the respondent/scrutiny committee to decide the pending proposal of the petitioner for issuance of a validity certificate. In the light of the relief which the petitioner has sought for in this petition, we deem it appropriate to decide this petition at this stage finally. 3. Since the petitioner's proposal for issuance of validity certificate is pending, we direct the petitioner to appear before the Scrutiny Committee on 30th July 2010 and further direct the committee to decide the proposal, in accordance with law, within a period of four months from 30th July, 2010 and communicate 3 the decision thereon to the petitioner. 4. Rule is thus made absolute on the above terms with no order as to costs. [ N. D. DESHPANDE, J.] [ P. V. HARDAS, J.] bsb/July 10