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 ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 3288 OF 200 WRIT PETITION NO. 3288 OF 200 WRIT PETITION NO. 3288 OF 2004 Jagdish Narayan Patil. .. Petitioner. vs. State of Maharashtra & Ors. .. Respondents. Mr. A.L. Patki for petitioners. Mr. Shekhar Ingawale, AGP., for R.Nos. 1 to 3. .. Coram: J.N. PATEL &, Coram: J.N. PATEL &, Coram: J.N. PATEL &, A.A. SAYED, JJ. A.A. SAYED, JJ. A.A. SAYED, JJ. Date: 23RD APRIL, 2007. Date: 23RD APRIL, 2007. Date: 23RD APRIL, 2007. P.C. . Heard the learned counsel for the parties. 2. The short question in this case is the cancellation of the admission of the petitioner from the First Year Engineering Course by respondent no. 4 college on the ground that the petitioner was admitted against the seats reserved for OBC. 3. It was the claim of the petitioner that he is 2 by caste Hindu "Kunabi" which is specified as "other backward class" and, therefore, the petitioner’s admission ought not to have been cancelled merely because of delay in obtaining the caste validity certificate from the competent authority. The petitioner has annexed the certificate of validity as Exhibit "D" to the petition which clearly records that the caste claim of the petitioner was scrutinized by the caste certificate scrutiny committee by verification of caste certificates of other backward classes and that the Committee found that the caste claim of the petitioner as per the caste certificate bearing no. 356 dated 27.6.2001 issued by the S.D.O. Jalgaon is found to be valid. In view of this, the impugned order is quashed and set aside. The petitioner is entitled to continue the studies in the course of Bachelor of Engineering Decree in the seat reserved for other backward classes. 4. Petition stands disposed of accordingly. No order as to costs. (J.N. Patel, J. ) (J.N. Patel, J. ) (J.N. Patel, J. ) (A.A. Sayed, J. ) (A.A. Sayed, J. ) (A.A. Sayed, J. )