(1) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY, AURANGABAD BENCH, AT AURANGABAD. WRIT PETITION NO. 1953 OF 1994 Zia-ul-Rehman s/o. Aneesul-Rehman, Age : 17 years, minor (through his natural guardian father, Anees-ul-Rehman s/o. Mohammed Ameen, Age 40 years, Occupation : Business, R/o. Shivajinagar, Nanded, District : Nanded. .. Petitioner. versus 1. The State of Maharashtra (through its Secretary, Tribal Development Department), Mantralaya, Bombay - 32. 2. The Scheduled Tribe Caste Certificate Scrutiny Committee, Maharashtra State, Nasik. 3. The Director of Medical Education & Research, Maharashtra State, Bombay. 4. The Dean, Government Medical College, Aurangabad. 5. The Civil Surgeon, Shri Guru Gobindsinghji Smarak Rugnalaya (Civil Hospital), Nanded. .. Respondents. (2) ....................... Mr. S.B. Talekar, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. K.B. Chaudhary, Additional Government Pleader, for respondent nos. 1, 3, 4 and 5. Mr. P.S. Patil, Advocate, for respondent no.2. ........................ W I T H WRIT PETITION NO. 1978 OF 1994 Miss. Sameena Khurshid d/o. Mohd. Khurshid Ahmed, Aged 18 years (completed), Occupation : Student, R/o. Near Itwara Police Station, Nanded. .. Petitioner. versus 1. The State of Maharashtra (Through Its Secretary, Tribal Development Department), Mantralaya, Bombay - 32. 2. The Scheduled Tribe Caste Certificate Scrutiny Committee, M.S., Nasik. (3) 3. The Director of Medical Education & Research, M.S., Bombay. 4. The Dean, Government Medical College, Aurangabad. 5. The Civil Surgeon, Shri Guru Gobindsinghji Smarak Rugnalaya (Civil Hospital), Nanded. 6. The Director of Ayurved, Maharashtra State, Bombay. 7. Dean, Government Ayurvedic College, Nanded. .. Respondents. ........................... Mr. S.B. Talekar, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. K.B. Chaudhary, Additional Government Pleader, for respondent nos. 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7. Mr. P.S. Patil, Advocate, for respondent no.2. ........................... W I T H (4) WRIT PETITION NO. 4219 OF 1994 Miss. Romana Khurshid d/o. Mohd. Khurshid Ahmed, Aged 17 years, Occupation : Student (Through : Her natural guardian and father Dr. Mohd. Khurshid Ahmed s/o. Mohd. Ameen, Aged : Major, Occupation : - , R/o. Near Itwara Police Station, Nanded), Nanded. .. Petitioner. versus 1. The State of Maharashtra (Through Its Secretary, Tribal Development Department, Mantralaya, Bombay - 32). 2. The Scheduled Tribe Caste Certificate Scrutiny Committee, Maharashtra State, Nasik. 3. The Director of Medical Education & Research, M.S., Bombay. 4. The Dean, Government Medical College, Nanded. .. Respondents. ............................ (5) Mr. S.B. Talekar, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. K.B. Chaudhary, Additional Government Pleader, for respondent nos. 1, 3 and 4. Mr. P.S. Patil, Advocate, for respondent no.2. ............................. W I T H WRIT PETITION NO. 2854 OF 1996 Mohd. Khurshid Ahmed s/o. Mohd. Amin, Aged : Major, Occupation : Service, R/o. Near Itwara Police Station, Maniya Galli, Nanded, On behalf of his minor daughter : Miss Naushina Khurshid d/o. Mohd. Khurshid Ahmed, Aged : 17 years, Occupation : Student, R/o. As above. .. Petitioner. versus 1. The State of Maharashtra. 2. The Scheduled Tribe Caste Certificate Scrutiny Committee (Through Its Chairman and Director), M.S., Nasik. (6) 3. The Director of Medical Education and Research and Competent Authority, M.S., Bombay. 4. The Dean, Government Medical College and Designated Authority, Aurangabad. 5. The Dean, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College, Sion, Bombay. .. Respondents. ............................. Mr. S.B. Talekar, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. K.B. Chaudhary, Additional Government Pleader, for respondent nos.1, 3 and 4. Mr. P.S. Patil, Advocate, for respondent no.2. Respondent no.5 served (Absent). ............................ CORAM : B.R. GAVAI & S.V. GANGAPURWALA, JJ. DATE : 22ND JUNE 2010 (7) COURT'S ORDER : 1. In view of the judgment delivered by us on 21st June 2010, in a bunch of Writ Petitions, being Writ Petition No. 1176 of 1994 along with companion matters, the present petitions are also allowed. The impugned orders passed by the respondent no.2 / Scrutiny Committee are quashed and set aside. The matters are remitted back to the Committee for considering the claim of the petitioners afresh, in accordance with law. The Committee shall decide the claim of the petitioners within a period of one year from today. 2. The petitioners shall appear before the Committee on 12th July 2010. 3. The interim relief operating in Writ Petition Nos. 1953/1994, 1978/1994 and 2854/1996 shall stand continued till the decision of the Committee and in the event, any order adverse to petitioners is passed, for a period of two weeks from the date of receipt of communication by the petitioners. (8) 4. Rule is made absolute in the aforesaid terms. There shall be no order as to costs. ( S.V. GANGAPURWALA ) ( B.R. GAVAI ) JUDGE JUDGE ......................... bgp/wp1953etc