1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 6792 OF 2010 Deepak Ashok Shinde, Age : 24 Years, Occu. : Student, R/o Ghansargaon, Tq. Renapur, District Latur. .. Petitioner Versus Scheduled Tribe Certificate Scrutiny Committee, Aurangabad Division, Aurangabad. .. Respondent Smt. Vansundhara Rao, Advocate for the Petitioner. Miss. S. E. Salve, Advocate h/f Shri P. S. Patil, Advocate for the Respondent. CORAM : P. V. HARDAS AND N. D. DESHPANDE, JJ. DATE : 29TH JULY, 2010. ORAL JUDGMENT [Per P. V. HARDAS, J. ] : . Rule. Rule returnable forthwith. With consent of learned counsel for parties this petition is heard finally at the stage of admission. 2 2. By this petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner prays for issuance of a writ directing the respondent to decide the pending proposal of the petitioner for verification of his caste status. 3. In the light of the pendency of said proposal, we allow this petition and direct the petitioner to appear before the Scrutiny Committee on 18.08.2010 and further direct the Committee to decide the caste claim of the petitioner within four months of 18.08.2010. 4. Rule is thus made absolute on the above said terms with no order as to costs. [ N. D. DESHPANDE, J.] [ P. V. HARDAS, J.] bsb/July 10