(1) wp7026-11-group IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 7026 OF 2011 Pravin Satish Mantri PETITIONER VERSUS The State of Maharashtra & others RESPONDENTS WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 7055 OF 2011 Vivek Subhasrao Samindare and others. PETITIONERS VERSUS The State of Maharashtra and others. RESPONDENTS WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 7056 OF 2011 Ashok Madan Talde and others PETITIONERS VERSUS The State of Maharashtra and others. RESPONDENTS WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 7084 OF 2011 Shamal Tukaram Manale PETITIONER VERSUS The State of Maharashtra and others. RESPONDENTS (2) wp7026-11-group ..... Mr. A.R. Nikam, advocate holding for Mr. V.H. Solunke, advocate for the Petitioner in Writ Petition No. 7026/2011. Mr. V.H. Solunke, advocate for the Petitioner in Writ Petition No. 7084/2011. Mr. A.R. Nikam, advocate for the petitioner in Writ Petition Nos. 7055/2011 and 7056/2011 Mr. V.H. Dighe, Mr. K.S. Patil and Mr. S.K. Tambe, A.G.Ps. for the Respondent-State. ..... CORAM : B.R. GAVAI AND M.T. JOSHI, JJ. DATED : 16th SEPTEMBER, 2011 ORAL ORDER: 1. Leave to amend. 2. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith and heard finally by consent. 3. The facts involved in the present group of Writ Petitions are identical to the facts in Writ Petition No. 4225/2011, decided by this Court on 24th June, 2011 and in Writ Petition No. 5621/2011, decided on 9th September, 2011. 4. In view of the order passed in Writ Petition Nos. 4225/2011 and 5621/2011, we issue the similar directions in the present four Writ Petitions also. Accordingly, the Respondent - District Sports Officer (3) wp7026-11-group concerned is directed to issue Sports Certificate in favour of the petitioners, if otherwise they are eligible and forward the same to the concerned Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (for short, "S.S.C. Board"), within a period of three weeks from the date of receipt of this order. Further, the concerned S.S.C. Board is directed to act upon the said certificate expeditiously and shall take appropriate steps after receipt of the recommendations from the respondent/Sports Officer, in accordance with law. 5. A copy of this order duly authenticated by the Court Shirestedar be supplied to the parties, at their request. [M.T. JOSHI, J.] [B.R. GAVAI, J.] npj/wp7026-11-group