IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO.5454 OF 2010 Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court’s orders or directions and Registrar’s orders Court’s or Judge’s Orders Sumit Anand Sapkale .. Petitioner V/s The State of Maharashtra and another. .. Respondents. ... Shri A.G.Talhar,Adv.for petitioner Shri R.P.Phatake,Std.Counsel for R.2. ... CORAM : B.R.GAVAI & A.A.SAYED,JJ DATE : 6/10/2010 1] Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith. By consent of learned counsel for parties, petition is heard finally at this stage. 2] A limited grievance raised in the petition is that the claim of the petitioner for validation of his caste as belonging to Tokre Koli Scheduled Tribe is pending since 2007, the same is not decided by respondent no.2 committee. 3] We dispose of the petition with a direction to respondent no.2 committee to decide the claim of the petitioner within a period of 1 year from today. 4] Petitioner to appear before the Committee on 18 th October 2010, as such requirement of formal notice shall stand waived. Rule is made absolute in the above terms. No order as to costs. [A.A.SAYEDJ.] [B.R.GAVAI,J.] umg/wp5454-10