1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 3179 OF 2010 Rashmi D/o Sunil Thakur } Age : 19 Years, Occ. : Education, } R/o : Shubham Apartment, } Sahakar Nagar, Bhusawal, } Dist. : Jalgaon, at present : } Plot No. 26, Chavan Mala, Near Taran } Talav, Nashik Road, Nashik. } .... PETITIONER V E R S U S Scheduled Tribe Certificate Scrutiny } Committee, Nandurbar, } Through its Member Secretary } .... RESPONDENT Mr. S.S.Phatale, Advocate holding for Mr. M.S.Deshmukh, Advocate for petitioner. Mr. R.P.Phatke, Standing Counsel for respondent. CORAM : P.V.HARDAS & S.V.GANGAPURWALA, JJ. DATE OF JUDGMENT : 12/04/2010 2 ORAL JUDGMENT : ( PER – P.V.HARDAS, J.) 1. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith. With the consent of the parties, this petition is heard finally at the stage of admission. 2. We have heard Mr. S.S.Phatale, Advocate holding for Mr. M.S.Deshmukh, Advocate for petitioner and Mr. R.P.Phatke, Standing Counsel for respondent. 3. The petitioner prays for directing the respondent Scrutiny Committee to decide the Tribe claim of the petitioner, which is pending consideration with it. The petitioner states that the certificate of the petitioner as belonging to Thakur – Scheduled Tribe is pending consideration with the respondent. In the light of the limited relief which the petitioner has sought for in this petition, we deem it appropriate to decide this petition finally at this stage. 4. Since the claim of the petitioner as belonging to Thakur – Scheduled Tribe is pending consideration with the respondent Scrutiny Committee, we direct the petitioner to appear before the respondent Scrutiny Committee on 26/4/2010 and direct the respondent Scrutiny Committee to decide the claim of the petitioner, in accordance with law, within six months of 26/4/2010. 3 5. Rule is thus made absolute in the above terms with no order as to costs. [ S.V.GANGAPURWALA ] [ P.V.HARDAS ] JUDGE JUDGE knp/WP 3179.10 ( J )