JUDGMENT :

S. S. SHINDE, J.

1. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith and heard with the consent of learned counsel appearing for the respective parties.

2. By this writ petition the petitioner is challenging the impugned order dated 14.03.2016 passed by Respondent No. 2-Committee thereby invalidating the tribe certificate of the petitioner as belonging to Thakur, scheduled tribe.

3. It is the case of the Petitioner that the Petitioner belongs to Thakur tribe which is recognised as Scheduled Tribe by virtue of Parliamentary Enactment. The Petitioner was thus granted tribe certificate dated 28.06.2007 by the competent authority of jurisdiction after confirming the genuineness of the tribe claim of the Petitioner. Since, petitioner was intending to go for higher education, he moved to Respondent No. 2-Committee for verification of his tribe certificate through his Junior College i.e. HPT Arts and RYK Science College Nashik in the year 2009. Alongwith his application for verification he submitted necessary documents of relatives from paternal side and tribe validity certificate granted to the uncle of the Petitioner. During the pendency of the proceedings before Respondent No. 2-Committee,