1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR. W. P. No. 4933 of 2008. Rameshkumar S/o Vyankateswami Ponna. V. The Committee for verification of Caste Certificates of Scheduled Caste Scheduled Tribes and another. Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram appearances, Court's orders or directions Court's or Judge's Orders and Registrar's orders. Mr. K. S. Narwade, Advocate for the petitioner. Coram : B.H. Marlapalle and A.H. Joshi, JJ. Dated : 27th November, 2008. Heard Mr. Narwade, the Learned Counsel for the Petitioner. Mr. S. M. Puranik appears for the Respondent no.1 Committee. A limited grievance to issue directions to respondent no.1 to expedite the caste verification proceedings is being considered by us in this petition. The petitioner states that he belongs to “Koli Mahadeo” Scheduled Tribe, and for the scrutiny of his 2 caste claim based on the caste certificate dated 5-7-1988, he has approached the Respondent no.1 Committee vide his application dated 15-3-2002, and the Scrutiny proceedings are still pending. If the petitioner's application for verification of his caste claim is pending with respondent no.1 Committee, we direct that the said proceedings be expedited and completed preferably within a period of six months from the date of receipt of writ by the Committee. In case, the petitioner's application is not traceable or has not been received by the Respondent No.1 Committee, we grant liberty to the petitioner to approach the Committee n or before 4th of December 2008, and submit a fresh application. The Committee is directed to accept the said application and subject the caste claim for scrutiny on his own merits as per law. The petition is disposed off in terms of the above directions. Other reliefs prayed for in the petition are not 3 pressed, and therefore, we have not decided the same on merits. Writ to go to the Committee forthwith. JUDGE JUDGE /Muley/