1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 5705 OF 2008 DIST.: THANE Abhijit Ashok More ...Petitioner Versus State of Maharashtra & Ors. ...Respondents. Mr. R.K. Mendadkar for the Petitioner Mr. C.R. Sonawane, Assistant Government Pleader, for the State. CORAM: B ILAL NAZKI and J.H. BHATIA, JJ. DATE: OCTOBER 13, 2008 P.C.:- The petitioner has filed an application for seeking validation of his Caste Certificate before the respondent-Committee in 2005. The learned counsel for the petitioner states that the petitioner, who has already been admitted to M.B.B.S. Course, has not received the certificate, and is being asked by the authorities, off and on, to produce the same, and he is running the risk of getting his admission cancelled. 2. In this view of the matter, afer hearing the learned counsel for 2 the parties, we dispose of this Writ Petition, with a direction to the respondent-Committee to dispose of the application of the petitioner within 6 weeks positively. For a period of 6 weeks or till the time the application is decided by the Committee, whichever is earlier, the other respondents are directed not to take any action against the petitioner for not producing validation of the Caste Certificate. BILAL NAZKI, J. J.H. BHATIA, J.