JUDGMENT - THAKKER C.K., C.J.:---Rule. Mr. R.D. Rane, learned Additional Government Pleader, appears and waives services of notice of rule on behalf of respondents No. 1 and 2. Mr. K.S. Bapat, learned Counsel, appears and waives services of notice of rule on behalf of respondent No. 3.

2. In the facts and circumstances, and with the consent of parties, the matter is taken up for final hearing.

3. This petition is filed by the petitioner for a writ of certiorari quashing and setting aside an order dated September 30, 2002 passed by the Committee for Scrutiny and Verification of Tribe Claims, Pune Division, Pune, respondent No. 2 herein (Committee, for short). A further relief is prayed restraining the Pune District Central Co-operative Bank, respondent No. 3 herein, from giving effect to or taking any action in pursuance of an order passed by respondent No. 2 herein.

4. The case of the petitioner is that she belongs to Mahadeo Koli Tribe, which is recognised as Scheduled Tribe under the Presidential Notification issued under Article 342 of the Constitution of India. According to the petitioner, she had been granted caste certificate as belonging to Mahadeo Koli by the Executive Magistr

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