-: 1 :- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 2261 OF 2011. Rehmat Alimia Kazi. ..Petitioner. Versus State Election Commission Maharashtra & Others. ..Respondents. Mr. P. D. Dalvi for the petitioner. Mr. Irfan A. Shaikh h/f Mr. Sachin B. Shetye for R-1. Mr. S. N. Bhosale, AGP for R-2 & 3. Coram : RANJIT MORE, J. Date : March 22, 2011. P. C. : 1. Heard learned counsel for the parties. Petition pertains to election to village panchayat Shirgaon. Petitioner wanted to contest election. He filed nomination form from Ward No.1A, which is the ward reserved for Other Backward Category. The nomination was rejected by the Returning Officer on the ground that alongwith Nomination Form the petitioner has not submitted the caste validity certificate issued by the Caste Scrutiny Committee. 2. Under section 10(1A) of the Bombay Village Panchayats Act, 1959, every person desirous of contesting election to a reserved seat, is required to submit alongwith his nomination form, caste certified issued by the competent authority and caste validity srp -: 2 :- certificate issued by the Caste Scrutiny Committee. The Returning Officer in view of this mandatory provision has rightly rejected petitioner’s nomination. No interference with the said order is called for. Writ petition is therefore dismissed. (RANJIT MORE, J.)