:1: :1: :1: HIGH HIGH HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORDINARY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION WRIT WRIT WRIT PETITION (Ld) NO.2849 OF 2005 PETITION (Ld) NO.2849 OF 2005 PETITION (Ld) NO.2849 OF 2005 Satyajit Subhash Salyankar .....Petitioner Versus. State of Maharashtra & Ors. .....Respondents. --- Smt. Naina Dutia i/b. M/s. Nameet & Co. for the Petitioner Shri R.M. Sawant, G.P. for Respondent - 1 to 3 CORAM: CORAM: CORAM: Smt. Ranjana P. Desai, Smt. Ranjana P. Desai, Smt. Ranjana P. Desai, & Abhay S. Oka, JJ. Abhay S. Oka, JJ. Abhay S. Oka, JJ. DATE DATE DATE : December 21, 2005. : December 21, 2005. : December 21, 2005. P.C. P.C. P.C. 1. The petitioner’s grievance is that, his application for caste validity certificate is pending before the 2nd respondent. The 2nd respondent has not disposed of the said application till today. According to the petitioner, respondent-4 - college has informed the petitioner that petitioner’s admission will be cancelled, if the caste validity certificate is not furnished. Learned counsel for the petitioner states that she has served respondent - 4. A letter indicating that the respondent - 4 has been served by Advocate is taken on record and marked "A" for identification. Despite service, respondent-4 has not chosen to engage any lawyer. Nobody is representing respondent -4. :2: :2: :2: 2. In the circumstances, in our opinion, following order will meet the ends of justice. a) The 2nd respondent - Divisional Caste Certificate Scrutiny Committee, Konkan Division, Navi Mumbai is directed to dispose of the petitioner’s application for caste validity certificate within a period of four months from today and communicate the result thereof to the petitioner. b) The 4th respondent is directed not to cancel the admission of the petitioner till the decision of the 2nd respondent and if the decision of the 2nd respondent is adverse to the petitioner, for a period of two weeks from the date of said decision. c) The petitioner shall communicate the order to respondent-4. d) We are informed that the petitioner’s result is withheld because the caste validity certificate is not furnished. We direct that, the result be provisionally declared. However, the petitioner shall not :3: :3: :3: claim any equity on account of this order. e) The petition is disposed of in the aforesaid terms. (SMT. RANJANA P. DESAI, J.) (ABHAY S. OKA, J.)