- 1 - wp15120.25.odt IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 15120 OF 2025 Prakash Bapurao Tiparse ….Petitioner VERSUS The State of Maharashtra & another …..Respondents ….. Mr. C. R. Thorat, Advocate for the Petitioner. Mr. G. O. Wattamwar, AGP for the State. CORAM : KISHORE C. SANT AND ABASAHEB D. SHINDE, JJ. DATE : 17th DECEMBER, 2025. PER COURT : 1. The limited grievance of the Petitioner in this Petition is that his tribe claim proposal is pending with the Committee since 20.03.2024. He is, therefore, seeking a direction to the Committee to decide the proposal as early as possible. 2. Respondent No. 2/Scheduled Tribe Certificate Verification Committee, Kinwat is directed to decide the tribe claim of the Petitioner within a period of 9 months from today. With this, the Petition stands disposed off. (ABASAHEB D. SHINDE) (KISHORE C. SANT) Judge Judge dyb