- 1 - IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO.3561/2009 Kishor s/o Balraj Totawar, age 21 yrs., occu.education, r/o Degloor Tq.Degloor Dist.Nanded. ...Petitioner.. Versus 1. The State of Maharashtra, through its Secretary, Tribal Development Department, Mantralaya, Mumbai-32. 2. The Scheduled Certificate Scrutiny Committee, Aurangabad Division, Aurangabad. Through its Deputy Director (R), Aurangabad. 3. The Sub Divisional Officer, Degloor Tq.Degloor Dist.Nanded. ...Respondents... ..... Shri P.V. Jadhavar, Advocate for petitioner. Shri K.G. Patil, AGP for respondent nos.1 & 3. Shri M.S. Deshmukh, Advocate for respondent no.2. ..... CORAM: P.V. HARDAS & R.K. DESHPANDE,JJ. DATE: 25.06.2009 - 2 - ORAL JUDGMENT (Per Hardas, J.): 1] Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith. With the consent of the learned counsel for the parties, this petition is heard finally at the stage of admission. 2] This petition impugns the order passed by the Sub Divisional Officer, Degloor, dated 3.6.2009 declining to grant certificate to the petitioner as belonging to Mannerwarlu scheduled tribe. The petitioner placed reliance upon the validities granted to Pravin Ramlu Totawar and Sanjay Narayanrao Totawar, who are said to be the cousins of the petitioner. The petitioner also relied upon the validity certificate granted to Swapna Sureshrao Totawar. Perusal of the genealogy, which is annexed at page 25, discloses that the petitioner has established his relationship with Sanjay Narayanrao Totawar and Pravin Ramlu Totawar. In the light of that, therefore, according to us, the Sub Divisional Officer erred in not issuing the caste certificate to the petitioner as belonging to Mannerwarlu scheduled tribe. 3] We, therefore, allow this petition, quash and set aside the orders impugned in the present petition and direct the Sub Divisional Officer to forthwith issue the certificate to the petitioner as belonging to Mannerwarlu scheduled tribe. (R.K. Deshpande,J.) (P.V. Hardas, J.) ndk/c2560933