1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY, NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR W.P.No.6053 of 2007 (Apeksha Eknath Karanjekar .vs. State & Ors.) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Office Notes, Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders or directions : Court's or Judge's orders and Registrar's orders. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- CORAM : D.D.Sinha and Mrs. Vasanti A. Naik, JJ. DATE : 11.03.2008. Heard Mr. R.D.Khade, Adv. for the Petitioner, Mr.Khubalkar, Assistant Government Pleader for the Respondent Nos. 1 and 2 and Mrs.Jog, Adv. for the Respondent Nos. 5 and 6. Counsel for the petitioner states that the case of the petitioner is squarely covered by the the decision of Division Bench of this Court dt. 6.02.2008 passed in Writ Petition No. 162 of 2008 and therefore, the respondent may be directed to accept form of the petitioner along with the Caste certificate as well as other documents which the petitioner wants to submit in support of his caste claim and the Caste Scrutiny Committee further may be directed to decide the caste claim of the petitioner within a stipulated period and till then, the admission of the petitioner may be protected. Mr. Khubalkar, Assistant Government Pleader for the Respondent Nos. 1 and 2 and Mrs. Jog, learned counsel for the 2 Respondent Nos. 5 and 6 does not dispute the factual and legal aspect of the matter that the issue involved in the present petition is covered by the above referred decision. In the circumstances, the Writ Petition is disposed of with liberty to the petitioner to submit the form as well as caste certificate along with the other documents to the Caste Scrutiny Committee within a period of one week from today. The Caste Scrutiny Committee is directed to accept all these documents if submitted within the stipulated period by the petitioner and decide the caste claim of the petitioner on its own merits, according to law and procedure applicable in this regard at its earliest. The petitioner is directed to pay Rs.1,000/- costs to the respondent no.5-Divisional Caste Verification/Scrutiny Committee, Nagpur. The petitioner undertakes to remain present before the Caste Scrutiny Committee on 1.4.2008. Till the order is passed by the Caste Scrutiny Committee, admission of the petitioner need not be disturbed. Copy of this order duly authenticated by the Shirestedar of this Court be supplied to the learned counsel for the respective parties on payment of usual copying charges. JUDGE JUDGE ssj