1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE, BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO.5381 OF 2010 Yogesh Shyam Sonawne, Age 26 years, Occ. Student, R/o Flat No.10, Sunny Sankul, New Plot, Amalner, District Jalgaon ..... PETITIONER VERSUS Scheduled Tribe Caste Certificate Scrutiny Committee, Nandurbar ..... RESPONDENT ..... Mrs. Vasundhara Rao, Advocate for the petitioner Shri R.P. Phatke, Advocate for respondent ..... CORAM: P.V. HARDAS & N.D. DESHPANDE, JJ. DATED: 25th June, 2010 ORAL JUDGMENT (PER HARDAS, J.) : 1. Rule. Rule returnable forthwith. With the consent of learned counsel for the parties, this petition is heard finally at the stage of admission. 2. By this petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner prays for directing the respondent to issue validity certificate in favour of the petitioner expeditiously. In other words, the 2 petitioner prays for issuance of a writ directing the respondent to decide the pending claim of the petitioner as belonging to Tokre Koli – Scheduled Tribe. 3. In the light of the limited relief which the petitioner has prayed for in this petition, we deem it appropriate to direct the respondent to decide the pending claim of the petitioner. 4. We accordingly direct the petitioner to appear before the Scrutiny Committee on 8th July 2010 and further direct the Committee to decide the tribe claim of the petitioner within two months of 8th July 2010, in accordance with law and communicate the decision thereon to the petitioner. 5. Rule is thus made absolute on the above terms with no order as to costs. (N.D. DESHPANDE, J.) (P.V. HARDAS, J.)