Dilip Girdhar Thakur v. State Of Maharashtra Through Its Secretary And ORS.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 2096 of 2018 Dilip Girdhar Thakur

...Petitioner

Vs.

State of Maharashtra and Ors.

...Respondents

Mr. R.K. Mendadkar for the Petitioner.

Mr. C.P. Yadav, AGP for the Respondent-State. CORAM : SHANTANU KEMKAR & M.S. KARNIK, JJ.

DATE :

MARCH 07, 2018 P.C.:

Parties through their counsel.

2.

A limited prayer made by the learned counsel for the petitioner is to direct the respondent no.2 Committee to decide the petitioner's caste validity claim as expeditiously as possible. According to the petitioner, the caste validity claim is pending before the respondent No.2 since 21.3.2006. 3.

Keeping in view the aforesaid, we dispose of this petition by directing respondent no. 2 Committee to decide the the petitioner's caste validity claim as expeditiously as possible but not later than nilegaonkar 1/2

962-wp-2096.18.doc three months from the date of appearance of the petitioner before the said Committee.

4.

Petitioner to appear before the said Committee on 21.3.2018 at 11.00 am.

5.

With the aforesaid directions, Writ Petition is disposed of. (M.S. KARNIK, J.) (SHANTANU KEMKAR, J.) nilegaonkar 2/2