1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY, BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO.5147 OF 2010 Mandakini Gokul Kalbande .. Petitioner Versus The State of Maharashtra and others .. Respondents Mr.A.B.Kale, Advocate holding for Mr.B.K.Pawar, Advocate for petitioner Mrs.A.V.Gondhalekar, A.G.P. for respondents 1 to 3 Mr.S.T.Shelke, Advocate for respondent No.4 CORAM : P.V.HARDAS AND N.D.DESHPANDE, JJ. DATE : 16th June 2010 PER COURT : 1. By this petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India the petitioner prays for quashing and setting aside the order passed by the respondent – Returning Officer in rejecting the nomination form submitted by the petitioner. According to the petitioner, the original caste certificate of the petitioner was forwarded to the respondent – scrutiny committee for verification of the caste status of the petitioner and, therefore, the petitioner had not submitted the caste certificate. The petitioner had thus not fulfilled the requirement of law. The respondents, therefore, at this prima facie stage cannot be faulted for having rejected the nomination paper. The aforesaid observation is made by us in order to decide the present writ petition and not to be construed as any finding on merit of the matter. 2 2. Apart from that the petitioner has an alternate efficacious remedy for filing election dispute under the relevant provisions of law, interference by the High Court under the exercise of writ jurisdiction at this stage is not warranted. Reference in this behalf may usefully be made to the judgment of Supreme Court in P.Manjula Vs. State of Andhra Pradesh and ors., 2007 (15) SCC 766. Petition is accordingly dismissed and the petitioner, if advised may avail an alternate remedy available to the petitioner in law. ( N.D.DESHPANDE, J.) ( P.V.HARDAS, J.) (vvr5147.10wp)