94.25wp (1) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD 46 WRIT PETITION NO. 94 OF 2025 Santosh Rakhmaji Thakur VERSUS 1. The State of Maharashtra, Department of Tribal Development, Mumbai 2. The Scheduled Tribe Caste Certificate Scrutiny Committee, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar 3. The Regional Deputy Director of Education, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar 4. Head Master, Vijay High School, Chinchpur (Dhage), Tq. Bhoom, Dist. Dharashiv …. Mr S. C. Yeramwar, Advocate for petitioner Mrs V. N. Patil Jadhav, A.G.P. for respondent Nos.1 to 3 CORAM : MANGESH S. PATIL AND PRAFULLA S. KHUBALKAR, JJ. DATE : 6th January, 2025 PER COURT: 1. The petitioner’s proposal for validation of his tribe certificate has been pending with the respondent No.2/ committee and he is seeking a writ of mandamus to decide it expeditiously. 2025:BHC-AUG:331-DB 94.25wp (2) 2. Learned A.G.P., on instructions, submits that respondent No.2/scrutiny committee would need a time of six months for deciding the claim of the petitioner. 3. The writ petition is disposed of by directing respondent/committee to decide the petitioner’s proposal as expeditiously as possible and in any case within a period of 16 weeks. (PRAFULLA S. KHUBALKAR, J.) (MANGESH S. PATIL, J.) sjk