1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 3538 OF 2009 Milind Shantaram Kanade ...Petitioner Versus The Maharashtra State Electricity Transmission Co. Ltd. (MAHATRANSCO) ...Respondent Mr. Vinod Wagh for the Petitioner Mr. Kiran Gandhi i/by M/s. Little & Co. for the Respondent. CORAM: B ILAL NAZKI and SMT. V.K. TAHILRAMANI, JJ. DATE: JULY 10, 2009 P.C.:- The petitioner seeks a direction from this Court to the respondent that they should appoint him against a post of Deputy Manager (Finance and Account). 2. The petitioner applied as a physically handicapped candidate, but he was also a member of an O.B.C. He submits that 2 he has sought information from the respondent, which informed him that he was considered as O.B.C. 3. The respondent has filed their counter-affidavit, in which they have stated that although the petitioner was considered as O.B.C., but he could not be considered for a post under the O.B.C. Category, because there were 8 others who had much higher merit in the written examination than the petitioner. There were 8 others, and only four of those 8 persons, who were higher in merit, were called for interview. The petitioner was, however, called because he was physically handicapped, but there was yet another candidate, who was from the Open Category, who also was physically handicapped. He had better merit than the petitioner. Therefore, he was appointed. 4. In these circumstances, we do not think that any interference is needed by this Court. The Writ Petition is dismissed. The interim order is vacated. BILAL NAZKI, J. SMT. V.K. TAHILRMANI, J.