JUDGMENT

M.S.Jawalkar, J. - Heard. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith. Heard finally by consent of the learned counsel appearing for the parties.

2. The petitioner claims to belong to 'Halbi' Schedule Tribe. The Sub-Divisional Officer Revenue, achalpur had issued a Caste Certificate to the petitioner as belongs to 'Halbi'. The petitioner has completed B.E Course (Mechanical) from College of Engineering run by Marathwada Mitra Mandal, Kurvey Nagar, Pune. The petitioner had sent his Caste Claim for verification to the respondent-Schedule Tribe Caste Certificate Scrutiny Committee (in short, ' the Committee') through the College alongwith relevant documents and validity certificates. as his caste claim was pending since long, he filed a Writ Petition bearing No. 2585/2020 before this Court, in which, the directions were issued to decide the caste claim within 3 months, inspite of it, the caste claim was not decided and thereafter, the petitioner constrained to file a Contempt Petition bearing No. 151/2021 before this Court. During the pendency of the Contempt Petition, the respond