1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD. WRIT PETITION NO. 4388 OF 2010 Suresh S/o Marotirao Kachkalwar, Age 30 years, Occu. Education, R/o Tamlur, Tq. Degloor, Dist. Nanded. .. PETITIONER. VERSUS 1) The State of Maharashtra, Through it’s Secretary to Tribal Development Department,Mantralaya, Mumbai-32. 2) The Scheduled Tribe Caste Certificate Scrutiny Committee, Aurangabad, through its Dy. Director (R), Aurangabad . 3) The Sub Divisional Officer, Degloor, Dist. Nanded. RESPONDENTS. ... Shri P.V. Jadhavar, Advocate for Petitioner. Shri D.R. Korde, A.G.P. for respondent Nos. 1 & 3. Shri P.S. Patil, Advocate for respondent No. 2. CORAM :- P.V. HARDAS AND S.V. GANGAPURWALA, JJ. DATE : 7th MAY, 2010. 2 ORAL JUDGMENT: (Per S.V. GANGAPURWALA,J.) Rule. Rule returnable forthwith. With the consent of the learned counsel for the parties, this petition is heard finally at the stage of admission. 2. By the present petition, the petitioner takes exception to the order dated 04/07/2009 passed by the Sub Divisional Officer, Degloor and the order dated 23/12/2009 passed by the Scrutiny Committee in appeal, thereby rejecting the application of the petitioner for issuance of a caste certificate as belonging to ‘Mannerwarlu-Scheduled Tribe’ 3. The petitioner in support of his application along with other evidence had produced caste certificate issued in favour of his father. The Sub Divisional Officer, Degloor did not place reliance on the said certificate on the ground that, in the record of census the caste ‘Manurwad’ is recorded as against the names of his relatives. 3 4. In view of the fact that, the caste certificate is already issued in favour of the father of the petitioner the same would be sufficient evidence at this stage to issue caste certificate in favour of the petitioner. 5. In the light of above, we quash and set aside the impugned orders and direct the Sub Divisional Officer, Degloor to forthwith issue caste certificate in favour of petitioner as belonging to ‘Mannerwarlu-Scheduled Tribe’. 6. Rule is thus made absolute on the above terms with no order as to costs. [S.V. GANGAPURWALA, J ] [ P.V. HARDAS, J ] SDM* 4388.10WP(J)