( 1 ) WP 1412/11 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE, BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 1412 OF 2011 Hemlata Pandit Sonawane PETITIONER V E R S U S The State of Maharashtra & Ors. RESPONDENTS Mr. K.T. Shirurkar, Advocate for the petitioner Mr. S.K. Kadam, AGP for respondents No. 1 & 3 Mr. R.P. Phatke, Standing counsel for respondent No.2 CORAM : D.B. BHOSALE & A.V. NIRGUDE,JJ. DATED : 16th March, 2011 ORAL ORDER : 1. Heard learned counsel for the parties. 2. By this writ petition, the petitioner is seeking direction to respondent No. 2 - the Scheduled Tribe Certificate Scrutiny Committee, Nandurbar to decide his tribe claim within time frame. The tribe claim of the petitioner is pending before the Scrutiny Committee since 2006. We do not wish to enter into the reasons as to why the petitioner's tribe claim has remained pending till this date. Keeping in view overall facts and circumstances of the case and considering that petitioner's tribe claim is pending since 2006, we are inclined to dispose of this writ petition by the following order. ( 2 ) WP 1412/11 O R D E R Respondent No. 2 - Scrutiny Committee shall decide the petitioner's tribe claim as expeditiously as possible and preferably within a period of six months from the date of receipt of this order. With these observations, writ petition is disposed of. ( A. V. NIRGUDE,J. ) ( D.B. BHOSALE,J. ) SRM/