- 1 - Writ Petition No.8637/2009 It is not in dispute that the petitioner has submitted his caste claim, which was routed through the college while he was in 12th Std., before the Caste Scrutiny Committee, on 20.6.2008. However, the same is still pending on the file of the Caste Scrutiny Committee for consideration. We hope and trust that the Caste Scrutiny Committee would decide the petitioner’s caste claim expeditiously and in any case not later than by the end of March, 2010, so that at least by the opening of the term of new academic year, the caste claim of the petitioner would be decided one way or the other. Needless to observe that till the Caste Scrutiny Committee decides the petitioner’s claim, the petitioner would be entitled to continue his studies and not to be removed on that count. In view of above, petition is disposed of. (A.M. Khanwilkar, J.) (S.S. Shinde, J.) Dt/- 13.01.2010 ndk/c1311024