1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.3476 OF 2008 WRIT PETITION NO.3476 OF 2008 WRIT PETITION NO.3476 OF 2008 Zishan Erfan Khan. .. Petitioner. vs. The State of Maharashtra & Ors. .. Respondents. Mr. J.B. Kocheta for Petitioner. Ms. M.P. Thakur for Respondent Nos. 1, 2 & 4. CORAM: J.N. PATEL, & CORAM: J.N. PATEL, & CORAM: J.N. PATEL, & S.J. KATHAWALLA, JJ. S.J. KATHAWALLA, JJ. S.J. KATHAWALLA, JJ. DATE: 3RD DECEMBER, 2008. DATE: 3RD DECEMBER, 2008. DATE: 3RD DECEMBER, 2008. . Not on Board. Mentioned. 2. The learned counsel appearing for the petitioner states that as directed by this Court the respondent Caste Scrutiny Committee has issued a validity certificate and in view of this nothing survives in the petition. 3. The learned counsel for the petitioner has an apprehension that the respondent college may not accept the validity certificate as it is being tendered after two years of seeking admission and, therefore, this Court may direct the respondent institution to accept 2 this certificate issued by the Caste Scrutiny Committee. 4. We appreciate the apprehension expressed by the learned counsel for the petitioner for which the petitioner cannot be held responsible. The fault clearly lies on the part of the Caste Scrutiny Committee which was scrutinising his caste claim for issuing the validity certificate. Therefore, we direct the respondent institution to accept the validity certificate if the same is tendered within a period of a week’s time of passing of this order. 5. With these observation, the petition stands dismissed as infructuous. (J.N. Patel, J.) (J.N. Patel, J.) (J.N. Patel, J.) (S.J. Kathawalla, J.) (S.J. Kathawalla, J.) (S.J. Kathawalla, J.)