FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET NO. IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 2369 OF 2011 “Jitendra s/o. Bhalchandra Salunke Vs. The State of Maharashtra and others” Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram appearances, Court's Orders Court's or Judge's orders or directions and Registrar's orders. 1 Mr. A.H. Koralkar, Advocate for the petitioner Mr. D.R. Korde, AGP for respondent No.1 CORAM :- D.B. BHOSALE & S.B. DESHMUKH, JJ. DATE :- 15TH JUNE, 2011. PER COURT :- 1] Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned AGP for respondent No.1. The petitioner is seeking direction to decide his caste claim within time frame. The petitioner claims that his caste claim was forwarded by Gajmal Tulshiram Patil Mahavidyalaya to the concerned scrutiny committee on 10/3/2005 and till this date, his caste claim has not been considered and decided by the scrutiny committee. The forwarding letter dated 10/3/2005 issued by Principal, Gajmal Tulshiram Patil Mahavidyalaya, Nandurbar, is placed on record at Exhibit D to the writ petition. 2] Having considered the said letter and the overall facts and circumstances of the case, in our opinion, this petition can be conveniently disposed of by the following order :- FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET NO. IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 2369 OF 2011 “Jitendra s/o. Bhalchandra Salunke Vs. The State of Maharashtra and others” Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram appearances, Court's Orders Court's or Judge's orders or directions and Registrar's orders. 2 O R D E R [i] Respondent No.2 - scrutiny committee shall consider and decide the petitioner's caste claim, as expeditiously as possible and preferably within a period of 8 months, from the date of receipt of this order, if not already decided. Petitioner is directed to appear before the committee with a copy of this order on 11th July, 2011. With these directions, writ petition is disposed of. [S.B. DESHMUKH,J.] [D.B. BHOSALE, J.] grt/-