1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH : NAGPUR WRIT PETITION NO.345 OF 2009 (Amit Jivansingh Shrivastav vs. Sant Gadge Baba Amravati Vidyapeeth and others) ___________________________________________________________________ Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders Court's or Judge's orders or directions and Registrar's orders. CORAM : D.D. SINHA AND A.P. BHANGALE, JJ. DATED : JANUARY 30, 2009 Heard Shri Mardikar, learned Counsel for the petitioner, and Shri Fulzele, learned Assistant Government Pleader for the respondent nos. 3 and 4. In the present petition, petitioner is seeking declaration of result of the Vth Semester of the B.E. Course. Shri Mardikar, learned Counsel for the petitioner, states that result of the petitioner has been withheld for want of submission of caste validity certificate. It is contended that caste verification proceedings are pending before the Caste Scrutiny Committee and, therefore, direction may be given to the Caste Scrutiny Committee to decide the same within a stipulated period. It is further prayed that respondent no.1 may also be directed to declare the 2 result of the petitioner without prejudice to the rights of the parties and declaration of result may be made subject to result of the decision of the Caste Scrutiny Committee. It is submitted that petitioner undertakes to appear before the Caste Scrutiny Committee on 12/2/2009 at 11 A.M. before the Caste Scrutiny Committee. We direct the respondent Caste Scrutiny Committee to decide the caste claim of the petitioner on its own merits in accordance with law within a period of two months. We direct the respondent no.1 University to provisionally declare the result of the petitioner with a note that same shall be subject to result of the decision of the Caste Scrutiny Committee. With these observations and directions, the petition is disposed of. The Registrar (Judicial) is directed to communicate this order to the respondent no.1. JUDGE JUDGE khj