JUDGMENT :

Vibha Kankanwadi, J.

1. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith. By consent, heard finally.

2. Present petition has been filed invoking the extraordinary writ jurisdiction of this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, challenging the judgment and order passed by the Scheduled Tribe Certificate Scrutiny Committee, Nandurbar Region, Nandurbar (hereinafter referred to as "Scrutiny Committee"), rejecting the caste (tribe) claim of the petitioner as claimed to be in "Thakur, Scheduled Tribe" category, dated 09th/22nd March 2011.

3. The petitioner has come with a case that by birth, he belongs to Thakur, Scheduled Tribe category. He has completed M.B.B.S. course in 1991 from the seat which was reserved for Scheduled Tribe category. He completed his M.D. course in 1996 from open category and now he is working with respondent no.04 - College as Lecturer in Microbiology since 2001. The petitioner has contended that his family hails from village Marpur, Taluka Sakri, District Dhule. He and his relatives as well as other family members follow the customs of Thakur, Scheduled Tribe. He had applied to the Chairman of the Scheduled Tribe Certificate Scrutiny Committee, Pune,