*1* 65wp2311o25 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 2311 OF 2025 RAJESHRI PRATAPSING SALUNKHE AND JINTENDRA PRATAPSING SALUNKHE VERSUS THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THROUGH TRIBAL DEPARTMENT AND ANOTHER ... Shri Wagh Mukulanand R., Advocate for the Petitioners. Ms. V.N. Patil Jadhav, AGP for Respondent Nos.1 and 2/State. ... CORAM : MANGESH S. PATIL & PRAFULLA S. KHUBALKAR, JJ. DATE : 17th February, 2025 Per Court :- The petitioners’ proposals are pending validation of their tribe certificates. 2. The learned AGP submits that the Scrutiny Committee would decide the proposals within three months. 3. The learned advocate for the petitioners submits that petitioner No.1 has already been selected for registration for Ph.D. programme, which is to be submitted latest by 07.03.2025. He also points out that real sister of the petitioners was granted the certificate of validity by the Committee as late as 31.07.2024. 2025:BHC-AUG:4719-DB *2* 65wp2311o25 He submits that even while petitioner No.1 was before the Committee requesting for her proposal to be decided together with her sister, the Committee avoided to do so. 4. In the light of the above, the Writ Petition is disposed of with direction to respondent No.2 Committee to decide the petitioners’ proposals as expeditiously as possible and in any case on or before 03.03.2025. kps ( PRAFULLA S. KHUBALKAR, J.) ( MANGESH S. PATIL, J.)