1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 4875 OF 2010 Yakub S/o Shakaroddin Mohd. Shaikh .. Petitioner Versus 1. The Divisional Caste Verification Committee at Latur and others .. Respondents Shri N. P. Patil Jamalpurkar, Advocate for Petitioner. Shri S. T. Shelke, Advocate for the Respondent No. 2. Shri S. K. Kadam, A.G.P. for Respondents No. 3 to 4. CORAM : P. V. HARDAS AND N. D. DESHPANDE, JJ. DATE : 07TH JUNE, 2010. PER COURT : . This is a petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for issuance of writ of mandamus directing the respondents to accept the nomination form of the petitioner 2 without insisting on the petitioner to produce the validity certificate from the Scrutiny Committee. 2. According to petitioner, the petitioner had submitted the necessary certificates and the papers before the Scrutiny Committee on 20th February, 2010 and was hopeful that the caste claim would be decided prior to the declaration of the election. According to petitioner, the notification has been issued in respect of the election of the village panchayat and the date for submission of the nomination forms is from 07th June, 2010. According to petitioner for no fault of the petitioner the proceedings in respect of the verification of the caste status of the petitioner have been delayed by the Scrutiny Committee and, therefore, the petitioner prays for the aforesaid relief. 3. The statutory requirement mandates a candidate who seeks to contest the election from a reserved constituency to submit the validity certificate along with the nomination form. In the face of such statutory requirement a writ of mandamus cannot be issued to the respondents for accepting the nomination form of the petitioner contrary to the statutory provisions. In that light of the matter, therefore, since there is no merit in the 3 petition, the petition is summarily dismissed with no order as to costs. [ N. D. DESHPANDE, J.] [ P. V. HARDAS, J.] bsb/June 10