IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 827 OF 2007 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Office Notes, Office Memoranda of : coram, appearances, Court’s Orders: Court’s or Judge’s orders or directions and Registrar Orders: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Mrs.H.K. Mandlik for the Petitioner. Mr.V.P. Malwankar, A.G.P. for the Respondents. CORAM : H.L. GOKHALE, ACG. CJ. & V.M. KANADE, J. DATE : 6TH FEBRUARY 2007 P.C. P.C. P.C. : 1. Heard Mrs.Mandlik in support of this petition. Mr.Malwankar, A.G.P. appears for the Respondents. 2. The Petitioner is a student who is presently studying in XII standard. She will be giving her examination in March 2007 and the result is expected some time by May 2007. She claims to belong to Koya Scheduled Tribe. A certificate is issued to that effect by the Sub-Divisional Officer, Solapur on 30th June 2005. Application for scrutiny has been made in the first week of October 2005. The only request is that this application be decided at the earliest so that the Petitioner gets the claim verified before the next academic year starts. 3. The request is quite legitimate. Mr.Malwankar, A.G.P. appearing for the Respondents, leaves it to the court to pass appropriate order. Accordingly, we issue Rule on the petition and having noted the submissions of both the counsel, make the Rule absolute in terms of prayer (a) and direct the Respondent No.2 Committee to decide the Petitioner’s claim for the particular caste at the earliest, and in any case by end of May 2007. ACG. CHIEF JUSTICE V.M. KANADE, J.