1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE, BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO.2524 OF 2010 Suvarna d/o Shriram Rathod ... PETITIONER VERSUS The State of Maharashtra & others ... RESPONDENTS\ ..... Shri M.B. Bharaswadkar, Advocate for petitioner Mrs. A.V. Gondhalekar, A.G.P. for respondent Nos.1 & 4 Shri K.D. Bade Patil, Advocate for respondent Nos.2 & 3 ..... CORAM: P.V. HARDAS & N.D. DESHPANDE, JJ. DATED: 21st July, 2010 PER COURT : 1. By this petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner prays for issuance of a writ directing the respondents to provide horizontal reservation for women in the respective categories for the postgraduate medical courses to the extent of 30% as is given in the Government employment and local bodies by the Government of Maharashtra. The petitioner further prays that directions may be given to the respondents to consider and 2 decide giving reservation for women in respective categories of post graduate medical courses to the extent of 30% within a reasonable period of three months. 2. The petitioner has annexed the part of the brouchure dealing with the constitutional reservation. The constitutional reservation provides for reservation for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Castes converted to Buddhism ( S.C.), Scheduled Tribes, Vimukta Jati (D.T.) (A), Nomadic Tribes (N.T.1) (B) Nomadic Tribes (N.T.2) (C), Nomadic Tribes (N.T.3) (D), Other Backward Classes (O.B.C.) including Special Backward Classes. The grievance of the petitioner is that no horizontal reservation for women for admission to the postgraduate medical course to the extent of 30% is provided for in the said rules. Learned counsel for the petitioner has placed reliance on the resolution of the Government, dated 1.8.1997, which deals with providing horizontal reservation of 30% for women. When confronted with the said resolution, learned counsel for the petitioner very candidly admitted that the aforesaid resolution does not contemplate horizontal reservation of 30% for women in the postgraduate medical admission scheme. If that be the case, the entire petition is completely misconceived and the reliefs which the petitioner has prayed for in this petition cannot be granted. 3 3. In that light of the matter, Writ Petition is summarily dismissed with no order as to costs. (N.D. DESHPANDE, J.) (P.V. HARDAS, J.)