1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 5272 OF 2009 Chetan S/o.Shivdas Chitte, Age-19 years, Occu-Education, R/o.At.Post Sarankhela, Tq.Shahada, Dist. Nandurbar PETITIONER VERSUS 1. The State of Maharashtra Through its Secretary, Tribal Development Department, Mantralaya, Mumbai-32 2. The Collector, Nandurbar, Dist.Nandurbar, 3. The Sub Divisional Officer, Taloda Division, Taloda, Dist. Nandurbar. 4. The Executive Magistrate, Shahada, Tq. Shahada, Dist. Nandurbar RESPONDENTS Mr.Ajay D.Pawar, learned counsel for the petitioner. Mr.N.N.Jadhav, learned counsel for the respondents. (CORAM : P.V.HARDAS, AND A.V.POTDAR, J.J.) DATE : 01/10/2009 2 ORAL JUDGMENT : (Per P.V.Hardas, J.) 1. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith. With the consent of learned counsel for the parties, this petition is heard finally at the stage of admission. 2. This is a petition under Article 226 of The Constitution of India, by which the petitioner prays for directing the respondents to decide the application filed by the petitioner claiming issuance of caste certificate as belonging to “Tokare Koli” Scheduled Tribe. According to the petitioner, the application filed by the petitioner is pending for a considerable length of time and is not decided though all deficiencies as noticed by the Sub Divisional Officer, Taloda have been removed by the applicant. 3. In the light of pendency of the application of the petitioner seeking issuance of the caste certificate, we direct the Sub Divisional Officer, Taloda to decide the application of the petitioner, if pending, in accordance with Law, within a period of 4 weeks from today and communicate the decision thereon to the petitioner. 4. Rule is thus made absolute on the above terms with no order as to costs (A.V.POTDAR, J.) (P.V.HARDAS, J.) khs/OCT 2009/wp5272-09