1 FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET NO. IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO.923 OF 2010 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Office Notes, Office Memoranda of | Coram, appearances, Court’s orders | Court’s or Judge’s or directions and Registrar’s | orders orders | ----------------------------------------------------------------- CORAM : A.M. KHANWILKAR, AND S.S. SHINDE, JJ. DATE : 8TH FEBRUARY, 2010 Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith. With the consent of learned Counsel for the parties, the petition is taken up for final hearing at admission stage. Heard Counsel for the parties. 2. By this petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the petitioners pray that respondent No. 2 be directed to grant permission to effect the change/correction in the caste column of the School Leaving Certificates as 'Maratha' in place of entry 'Kunbi' and allow respondent Nos. 2 3 to 5 to issue corrected School Leaving Certificates to the petitioners. 3. The petitioners instead of approaching the appropriate authority have directly filed present Writ Petition. According to the petitioners, in view of order passed by respondent No. 2 in the case of their brother Sandeep Rushi Sonune, no fruitful purpose will be served by approaching respondent No.2. Besides, since the order passed by respondent No. 2 in the case of Sandeep Rushi Sonune is set aside and authority is called upon to examine the proposal for grant of sanction. For the same reasons, even the petitioners' case can be considered by the said authority on its own merits, on the same terms being cousin brothers. The procedure for correction of school leaving certificate has been considered in our decision in the case of Vinod s/o Baurao Singewar vs. The 3 State of Maharashtra and others in W.P. No. 4264 of 2009 decided on 15-01-2010. 4. In the circumstances, this petition is disposed of with liberty to the petitioners to submit proposals to the appropriate authority and in the event, the said authority were to grant sanction to pursue the matter with the school authorities. All questions to be examined either by the appropriate authority or school authority are left open to be considered on its own merits, in accordance with law. The appropriate authority may finally dispose of the proposals expeditiously preferably within two weeks from the date of its presentation. The petitioners through Counsel assures to appear before the appropriate authority on 15-02-2010 at 11-00 a.m. and submit proposals to appropriate authority, who in turn, shall decide the same expeditiously as specified in this order, on its own 4 merits, in accordance with law. 5. The petition is disposed of accordingly. Rule made absolute in above terms. ( S.S. SHINDE, J. ) (A.M. KHANWILKAR,J.) sut/FEB10/wp923.10