IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION Writ Petition No.l038l of 2004 Pravin Anand Vaidya ..Petitioner vs Secretary Dept of Higher Edn and ors..Respondents with Writ Petition No. l0382 of 2004 Preeti Namdeo Shinde... petitioner vs Secretary Dept of Higher Edn and ors..respdts with Writ Petition No. l0383 of 2004 Vaibhav Dattatray Raje .. petr vs Secretary Dept of Higher Edn and ors..respdts with Writ Petition No l0384 of 2004 Amrita Arun Avhad .. petitioner vs Secretary Dept of Higher Edn and or..respdts with Writ Petition No. l0385 of 2004 Yogita Sudhakar Kirtikar ..petr vs Secretary Dept of Higher Edn and ors..respdts with Writ Petition No.l0386 of 2004 Nitin Vitthal Chaugule.... petitioner vs Secretary Dept of Higher Edn and ors.respdts with Writ Petition No.l0387 of 2004 Kaustubh Himmatrao Suryawanshi.. petr vs Secretary Dept of Higher Edn and ors..respdts with Writ Petition No. l0388 of 2004 Shweta Atul Page . peter vs Secretary Dept of Higher Edn and ors..respdts with Writ Petition NO. l0389 of 2004 Swapnil Ashok Ghaiwate .. petitioner vs Secretary Dept of Higher Edn and ors. respdts with Writ Petition No.l0390 of 2004 Ketan Yashwant More .. petr vs Secretary Dept of Higher Edn & ors. respdst with Writ Petition No. l039l of 2004 Ganesh Ashok Shinde .. petr vs Secretary Dept of Higher Edn & ors. respdts with Writ Petition No. l0392 of 2004 Ravikiran Suresh Chumble ..petr vs Secretary Dept of Higher Edn & ors..respdts with Writ Petition No. l0393 of 2004 Sudhir Balkrishna Mahajan ..petr vs Secretary Dept of Higher Edn & ors. respdts with Writ Petition No. l0394 of 2004 Harshal Bhaskar Jadhav ..petitioner vs Secretary Dept of Higher Edn and ors. repsdts with Writ Petition no. l0395 of 2004 Chetan Umakant Khairnar .. petr vs Secretary Dept of Higher Edn and ors.respdts with Writ Petition No.l0396 of 2004 Manoj Balasaheb Thete.. petr vs Secretary dept of Higher Edn and ors. respdts with Writ Petition no. l0397 of 2004 Ravindra Suresh Kusalkar ..petr vs Secretary dept of Higher Edn and ors..respdts with Writ Petition No. l0398 of 2004 Swapnil Ashok Khade .. petr vs Secretary dept of Higher Edn and ors..respdts with Writ petition no. l0399 of 2004 Arti Bnadopant Bakle . petr vs Secretary dept of higher Edn and ors.respdts with Writ Petition No. l0400 of 2004 Yogesh Pransingh Bisen ..petr vs Secretary Dept of Higher Edn and ors.. respdts with Writ Petition No. l040l of 2004 Mahesh Shantaram Kshirsagar .. petr vs Secretary Dept of Higher Edn and ors..respdts Mr.C.T.Chandratre for petitioners Mr.R.D.Rane AGP for respondents. Coram:A.P.Shah & S.C.Dharmadhikari JJ dt. 23.l2.2004 P.C: l. Heard advocates. 2. In all these matters the Caste Scrutiny Committee has granted caste validity certificates in favour of the petitioners. The college authorities have declined to accept the caste validity certificates on the ground that they are produced after the expiry of the prescribed time. 3. In view of the peculiar facts of the case we direct the college authorities to accept the caste validity certificates produced by the petitioners and regularise admissions of the petitioners in the college accordingly. 4. Petitions to stand disposed of accordingly. The college authorities as well as the Director of Technical Education to act on the authenticated copy of this order.