24-wp-12627-2025.odt (1) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 12627 OF 2025 Aditya Digambar Pawar Annapawad VERSUS The State Of Maharashtra Through Its Secretary And Another ... Advocate for the Petitioner : Mr. Thorat Chandrakant R. AGP for Respondent/State : Ms. R.P. Gaur ... CORAM : R.G. AVACHAT & ABASAHEB D. SHINDE, JJ. DATED : OCTOBER 13, 2025 PER COURT : . Heard. 2. By this writ petition, the petitioner is seeking a limited prayer that his caste claim pending before respondent no.2/Caste Scrutiny Committee since 05.03.2018 be decided expeditiously. 3. Since a limited prayer has been made, we are inclined to direct respondent no.2/Caste Scrutiny Committee to decide the caste claim of the petitioner within a period four months from today. 4. With this direction, writ petition stands disposed of. (ABASAHEB D. SHINDE, J.) (R.G. AVACHAT, J.) Mujaheed// 2025:BHC-AUG:29351-DB