1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH : NAGPUR. Writ Petition No.3966 of 2008 [Tejas R. Mamarde Vs. State of Mah. & ors.] Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders Court's or Judge's orders or directions and Registrar's orders. Mr. V.R. Choudhari and M.M. Deshmukh, Advs., for petitioner [absent]. Ms. Neeta Jog, Adv., for respondent No.2 [absent]. ----- CORAM : B.H. MARLAPALLE AND A.H. JOSHI, JJ. DATE : 28th November,2008. The petitioner has been issued a Caste Certificate dated 2nd August, 2008 as belonging to the “Kshtriya” caste, which has been notified as Other Backward Class by the Govt. of Maharashtra vide its Resolution dated 25th June, 2008, and on the basis of the said caste claim, the petitioner came to be admitted to the First Year of B.E., on 29th September, 2008 under the respondent no.3-College. The petitioner further claims that on 19th August, 2008, he had approached the Respondent No.2-Committee with an application to subject his caste claim to scrutiny, and the said application was refused to be accepted by the Committee. 2 The petitioner, therefore, makes a limited prayer of directions to respondent no.2 to accept his application for verification of the caste claim and proceed further as per law. Hence we direct the respondent No.2- Committee to accept the petitioner's application for verification of his caste claim that he belongs to “Kshtriya”, Other Backward Class, and complete the proceedings of verification as per law, if the petitioner appears before it on or before 18th December, 2008. The petition is disposed off in terms of the above directions. Writ to go to respondent no.2-Committee forthwith. Judge Judge |Hedau|