JUDGMENT :

1. Heard.

2. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith. Heard finally by consent of parties.

3. The impugned shown cause notices dated 2nd May, 2018 and 24th August, 2018 issued by Respondent No.2 - Scheduled Tribe Certificate Scrutiny Committee, Pune, seeking to cancel the certificate of Tribe Validity granted to the Petitioner are questioned for their correctness or otherwise in this petition.

4. Shri Mendadkar, learned counsel for the Petitioner submits that these notices could not have been issued for several reasons.

Firstly, the reason for issuance of these notices was invalidation of the Tribe of certificate of Kumari Sneha Vishnu Thakar, the daughter of the Petitioner and this reason having been taken away owing to grant of validity certificate to Sneha Vishnu Thakar, the very basis of the show cause notices now does not exist.

Secondly, it is submitted that merely because some entries were not produced before the Scrutiny Committee, it would not, by reason of such failure alone, result in conclusion of the Petitioner having suppressed the material facts.

Thirdly, learned counsel further submits that some of the entries were discovered later on and so the Petitioner could no