Ashutosh Ashok Totawad v. The Scheduled Tribe Certificate Scrutiny Committee Through Its Member Secretary

4724.2023WP -1-

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

BENCH AT AURANGABAD 151 WRIT PETITION NO.4724 OF 2023 ASHUTOSH ASHOK TOTAWAD

VERSUS

THE SCHEDULED TRIBE CERTIFICATE SCRUTINY COMMITTEE THROUGH ITS MEMBER SECRETARY .....

Mr.S.S. Phatale, Advocate for the Petitioner. Mr.S.P. Tiwari, AGP for Respondent/State.

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CORAM : RAVINDRA V. GHUGE AND SANJAY A. DESHMUKH, JJ.

DATED : 26th APRIL, 2023.

PER COURT :- 1.

The Petitioner, is in the 12th standard. His father was aware that he desires to take admission to a professional course, on the basis of the claim of belonging to Thakur S.T. category. He moved a proposal as late as on 27.12.2022. He has now appeared for his 12th standard examination in March, 2023. The Petitioner prays for an early decision.

2.

The learned A.G.P. for the committee submits that this Court has been passing orders in almost 10 to 20 matters every day, directing the committee to decide the claim within a time frame. Thousand of orders are passed by this court which have piled up before the Committee and there is a tremendous load on the committee. At least in the matters, where the Petitioners have

4724.2023WP -2approached late, this Court may refrain from passing any order. 3.

In view of the above, this Petition is disposed off with an expectation that the committee would decide the claim of the Petitioner by 31.10.2023. The Petitioner shall render wholehearted cooperation to the committee and shall refrain from seeking adjournments on unreasonable grounds, lest the Committee would be justified in progressing to the next stage in the proceedings. (SANJAY A. DESHMUKH, J.) (RAVINDRA V. GHUGE , J.) sga/