VBC 1 wp8311.11-14.10 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE WRIT PETITION NO.8311 OF 2011 Ku.Anjum A.Gavandi. ..Petitioner. versus The State of Maharashtra & Ors. ..Respondents. ..... Mr.Omar Khaiyam Shaikh for the Petitioner. Mr.Vinay A.Sonpal, A Panel Counsel for the Respondents. ..... CORAM : DR.D.Y.CHANDRACHUD & A. A. SAYED, JJ. October 14, 2011. P.C. : The Petitioner claims to belong to the O.B.C. category and has been admitted to the BAMS course in August 2010. The Petitioner was admitted on the basis of her caste certificate. On 14 October 2010, the Petitioner has applied to the Scrutiny Committee for a caste validity certificate. The application of the Petitioner has still not been disposed of. In the meantime, the Petitioner has been informed by a letter dated 12 November 2010 that her admission would be liable to be cancelled for failure to produce a caste validity certificate. VBC 2 wp8311.11-14.10 The Learned AGP has during the course of the hearing placed on record the communication dated 13 October 2011 of the Scrutiny Committee stating that the Committee would take a decision on the application filed by the Petitioner within a period of 12 weeks. We accordingly dispose of the Petition by directing the Caste Certificate Scrutiny Committee to take a final decision after hearing the Petitioner and to pass orders within a period of three months from today. In the meantime, the Petitioner shall be permitted to appear for the examination of the First Year of the BAMS Course to be held in December 2011. However, it is made clear that in the event that the claim of the Petitioner is rejected by the Scrutiny Committee, no equity would enure to the benefit of the Petitioner and all the benefits which have been obtained, including by way of admission would stand revoked. The Petition is accordingly disposed of since no other point is pressed. ( Dr.D.Y.Chandrachud, J.) ( A. A. Sayed, J.)