ASN 1 WP-5241.sxw IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.5241 OF 2011 Ganesh C. Thakur. ..Petitioner. Vs. The State of Maharashtra and ors. ..Respondents. Mr. Avinash Fatangare for the Petitioner. Mr.V.D.Patil, G.P. For Respondent State. CORAM : MOHIT S. SHAH, C. J. AND SMT. ROSHAN DALVI, J. 12 September 2011 PC: Rule. 2 By consent of the parties, rule made returnable forthwith. Mr. Patil, Government Pleader waives service of Rule. 3 The grievance made in this petition is already redressed by interim order dated 12 July 2011. In fact, in order to ensure that similarly situated other students of Scheduled Tribes trying for admission to various institutions do not have to face same difficulties for which the present petitioner has to face, we have given general directions to the State Government in Paragraph-5 of the said order dated 12 July 2011. The learned counsel for the petitioner states that interim order has been complied with and the petitioner’s grievance is redressed . ASN 2 WP-5241.sxw 4 In view of the above, Rule is made absolute in terms of the interim order dated 22 July 2011 with further directions that necessary changes shall be made in the admission rules in the academic year 2012-2013 onwards. 5 Rules regarding Caste Validity Certificate for Scheduled Tribe students shall be brought on par with similar rules for the students regarding other reserved candidates. CHIEF JUSTICE SMT. ROSHAN DALVI, J.