Kum. Ratna Bajirao More v. State Of Maharashtra Through Its Principal Secretary And ORS

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.6197 OF 2015 Kum. Ratna Bajirao More @ Mrs. Ratnamala Dilip Bavaskar ..... Petitioner V/s State of Maharashtra & Ors.

..... Respondents Mr. R.K. Mendadkar a/w Ms. Helen Koli Mandlik for Petitioner. Ms. S.S. Bhende, AGP for Respondent Nos.1 and 2. CORAM : ANOOP V. MOHTA & A.A. SAYED, JJ.

DATED : 20 OCTOBER 2015 ORDER:

Rule, returnable forthwith. Heard finally.

Learned Counsel appearing for the Petitioner pointed out the contents of the impugned order as well as Affidavit, supporting documents and contended that this Petitioner is related on the paternal side to Sanjay More and Sharad More who are the Petitioners in Sanjay Bajirao More & Anr. vs. State of Maharashtra & Ors in Writ Petition No.5831 of 2015 which this Court has decided on 19 October 2015 and thereby allowed the said Petition and directed the concerned Scrutiny Committee to grant the certificate within the prescribed period. Statement is also made that the impugned order dated 28 May 2015 was a common order and the Petitioners so referred above were parties to the proceedings before the Scrutiny Committee. Therefore, 1/2

k 2/2 26 wp 6197.15 as .doc having once allowed the Petition of Sanjay More and Sharad More, for the same reasons, we are allowing the present Petition. Therefore, the following order:

O R D E R

(a) The Petition is allowed in terms of prayer clauses (a) and (b). (b) Rule made absolute accordingly. No costs.

(c ) It is made clear that the Respondent - Authority to issue caste validity certificate, as early as possible, preferably within eight weeks.

(A.A. SAYED, J.) (ANOOP V. MOHTA, J.) katkam 2/2