1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 5966 OF 2010 Sachin S/o Sayanna Kotpet, Age : Minor, Occu. : Education, R/o Biloli, Tq. Biloli, Dist. Nanded. through father and natural guardian Sayanna S/o Linganna Kotpet, Age : 43 Years, Occu. : Agril. .. .. Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Maharashtra Through Secretary to Development Department, Government of Maharashtra, Mantralaya, Mumbai. 2. The Scheduled Tribe Caste Certificate Verification Committee Aurangabad, Through its Dy. Director (R), Aurangabad. 3. The Sub Divisional Officer, Degloor, District Nanded. .. .. Respondents Shri S. M. Vibhute, Advocate for the Petitioner. Shri S. K. Tambe, A.G.P. for Respondent Nos. 1 and 3. Shri P. S. Patil, Standing Counsel for the Respondent No. 2. CORAM : P. V. HARDAS AND N. D. DESHPANDE, JJ. 2 DATE : 19TH JULY, 2010. ORAL JUDGMENT [Per P. V. HARDAS, J. ] : . Rule. Rule returnable forthwith. With the consent of learned counsel for parties this petition is heard finally at the stage of admission. 2. By this petition the petitioner impugns the order passed by the Sub Divisional Officer, Degloor dated 04.09.2009 dismissing the application of the petitioner and the order of the respondent/Scrutiny Committee in appeal dated 26.10.2009 dismissing the appeal. 3. At the outset Shri Vibhute, learned counsel for the petitioner states that, unfortunately the petitioner could not produce the caste certificate issued to the father of the petitioner. According to us, the aforesaid document is certainly a document of great pervasive value. We accordingly allow this petition and quash and set aside the impugned orders and remit the matter back to the respondent No. 3/Sub Divisional Officer, Degloor for a decision afresh. We extend an opportunity to the petitioner to submit the additional documents. This be done by the petitioner within two weeks from today. On petitioner submitting the 3 aforesaid documents within two weeks from today, the Sub Divisional Officer, Degloor to issue a caste certificate to the petitioner within two weeks thereafter. 4. Rule is thus made absolute on the above said terms with no order as to costs. [ N. D. DESHPANDE, J.] [ P. V. HARDAS, J.] bsb/July 10