Urmila Karansing Chouhan Urmila Vijaysing Suryawanshi v. The State Of Maharashtra And Others

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

BENCH AT AURANGABAD.

922 WRIT PETITION NO. 8374 OF 2016 URMILA KARANSING CHOUHAN @ URMILA VIJAYSING SURYAWANSHI

VERSUS

THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS ...

Advocate for Petitioner : Mr. V.B. Patil AGP for Respondents: Mr. A.R. Kale ...

CORAM : R. M. BORDE & K.L. WADANE, JJ.

Date: August 03, 2016 ...

PER COURT :- The counsel appearing for the respondent scrutiny committee, on instructions states that, the caste certificate validation claim in respect of the petitioner would be dealt with and an appropriate order will be passed within a period of four months from today. In view of the statement made, the committee is directed to decide the verification claim in respect of tribe certificate of the petitioner, as expeditiously as possible and preferably within a period of four months from today. The petitioner who is occupying the office of a Member of the village Panchayat, has been served with a notice by the Collector under section 10(1)(A) of the Maharashtra Village Panchayat Act 1958. In view of order passed by the Division Bench of this Court in an identical matter i.e. Writ petition No.3963/2013, we direct the respondents not to take coercive action against the petitioner till disposal of the caste certificate verification claim pending with the scrutiny committee.

With the directions as above, the writ petition stands disposed of.

( K.L. WADANE, J. ) ( R. M. BORDE, J. ) vbd