-1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.1378 OF 2004 Ravindranath Shankar Ghagre. .. Petitioner v/s. State of Maharashtra & ors. .. Respondents Mr.R.K.Mendadkar with Mrs.Helen Koli-Mandlik for petitioner. Mr.Niranjan Pandit, AGP for res.No.1. ----- CORAM : H.L. GOKHALE & CORAM : H.L. GOKHALE & CORAM : H.L. GOKHALE & S.C.DHARMADHKARI, JJ. S.C.DHARMADHKARI, JJ. S.C.DHARMADHKARI, JJ. DATED : 7TH FEBRUARY 2005 DATED : 7TH FEBRUARY 2005 DATED : 7TH FEBRUARY 2005 P.C. : P.C. : P.C. : 1. Heard Mr.Mendadkar for the petitioner. Mr.Pandit, AGP appears for respondent No.1. 2. Rule. Interim order in terms of prayer clause (d). We are granting this interim order principally having considered that the petitioner has put in long years of service right from 14th August 1976 and he has just about three years for his retirement. It is at the fag end of the petitioner’s career that he has been called upon to establish his status as belonging to Mahadeo Koli, Scheduled Tribe. (H.L. GOKHALE, J.) (H.L. GOKHALE, J.) (H.L. GOKHALE, J.) -2- (S.C.DHARMADHIKARI, J.) (S.C.DHARMADHIKARI, J.) (S.C.DHARMADHIKARI, J.)