IN IN IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL CIVIL CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION APPELLATE JURISDICTION APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL CIVIL CIVIL WRIT PETITION NO. 2169 OF 2009 WRIT PETITION NO. 2169 OF 2009 WRIT PETITION NO. 2169 OF 2009 Smt. Yojana Pandurang Wankhede ] .. Petitioner Versus 1. State of Maharashtra & 2 ors. ] .. Respondents Mr. P.K. Mendadkar for the petitioner. Mr. C.R. Sonawane, AGP, for the respondents No.1 & 2. CORAM: S.B. MHASE & D.B. BHOSALE, JJ. DATED: 10TH FEBRUARY, 2009 P.C. : 1. The grievance of the petitioner in the present Petition can be redressed by giving directions to the Scrutiny Committee to dispose of the application of the petition pending with the Scrutiny Committee for deciding the social status of the petitioner and granting validity certificate to that effect. 2. The petitioner claims to be "Thakur ST". We are told that the matter is pending since 2003. At present we do not know what are the difficulties of the Scrutiny Committee in disposing of the said matter. : 2 : 3. We find it appropriate that directions be issued to the Scrutiny Committee to dispose of the matter as early as possible. The Scrutiny Committee is, therefore, directed to dispose of the application within a period of six months from today. The protection which is being sought till the disposal of the appeal is hereby rejected. 4. Writ Petition is, accordingly, disposed of. Sd/- Sd/- [D.B. [D.B. [D.B. BHOSALE, J.] BHOSALE, J.] BHOSALE, J.] [S.B. [S.B. [S.B. MHASE, J.] MHASE, J.] MHASE, J.]