wp5564.10 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO.5564 OF 2010 Balaji Ramlu Vankalwar, Age-23 years, Occu:Education, R/o-Hottal, Tq-Degloor, Dist-Nanded. ...PETITIONER. VERSUS 1) The Scheduled Tribe Certificate Scrutiny Committee, Aurangabad Division, Aurangabad, Through its Member Secretary, 2) Sub Divisional Officer, Degloor, Tq-Degloor, Dist-Nanded. ...RESPONDENTS. ... Shri.S.S. Phatale Advocate for Petitioner. Shri.R.P. Phatake, Advocate for Respondent No.1. Smt.A.V. Gondhalekar, A.G.P. for Respondent No.2. ... wp5564.10 2 CORAM: NARESH H. PATIL AND S.V. GANGAPURWALA, JJ. DATE : 11TH JANUARY, 2011. ORAL JUDGMENT [PER NARESH H. PATIL, J.] : 1. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith. By consent of the learned counsel for the parties, the matter is taken up for final hearing at the stage of admission itself. 2. The Petitioner challenges the order dated 7th August, 2009 passed by the Scrutiny Committee. The Petitioner claims to be belonging to "Koli Mahadeo", Scheduled Tribe. The Petitioner applied the Respondent No.2 - Sub Divisional Officer, Degloor, for issuance of caste certificate. The Sub Divisional Officer, Degloor, by order dated 17th June, 2009, rejected the application filed by the Petitioner. Being aggrieved by the said order, the Petitioner filed an appeal before the Respondent No.1 Appellate Authority. The wp5564.10 3 Respondent No.1 Appellate Authority, by order dated 7th August, 2009, rejected the appeal filed by the Petitioner. 3. We have perused the impugned order dated 7th August, 2009. We are absolutely dis-satisfied with the manner in which the Respondent No.1 Appellate Authority dealt with the appeal filed by the Petitioner. The order is unreasoned one. On this count alone, the impugned order dated 7th August, 2009 is set aside. The matter is remanded back to the Respondent No.1 Appellate Authority. 4. The Respondent No.1 Appellate Authority is directed to reconsider the appeal filed by the Petitioner. The Respondent No.1 Appellate Authority, after hearing the Petitioner and considering the record placed before it, is directed to pass appropriate reasoned order within FOUR WEEKS from the date of receipt of copy of this order. wp5564.10 4 5. Rule is made absolute on the above terms. . Authenticated copy of this order be provided to the learned A.G.P. [S.V. GANGAPURWALA, J.] [NARESH H. PATIL, J.] asb/JAN11/wp5564.10