- 1 - wplod1145 rng IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION (Lodging) NO.1145 of 2011 Bharat Jaykumar Vishwakarma .. Petitioner vs 1. State of Maharashtra & ors .. .. Respondents Ms. Helen Koli Mandlik i. b. Mr. R.K.Mendadkar for petitioner Mr.Niranjan Pandit A.G.P. for respondent nos. 1 to 3 CORAM: MOHIT S. SHAH, C. J. AND GIRISH GODBOLE, J DATE: 27th June, 2011 P.C. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned A.G.P. for respondent nos. 1 to 3. Since respondent no. 4 merely implements the policies of respondent nos. 1 to 3 in the matter of providing reservations for scheduled castes, scheduled tribes, nomadic tribes etc and the cause for filing this petition has arisen on account of the time being taken by respondent no.2- committee in deciding the petitioner's claim; for the purpose of deciding this petition, it is not necessary to issue notice to the respondent no.4- college. 2. Learned counsel for the respondent nos.1 to 3 states that the - 2 - wplod1145 respondent no.2-committee will decide the petitioner's application for caste validity certificate within six months from today i.e to say latest by 31 st December, 2011. 3. In view of the above, we dispose of this petition with a direction to the respondent no.4-Dean Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology to declare the petitioner's results at the examination of the first year in engineering course in second semester being pursued by the petitioner and thereafter depending on the result of the said examination to permit the petitioner to appear for studies in third semester of the engineering course without insisting for the production of the caste validity certificate till 31st December, 2011. In case the petitioner's application is decided by the respondent no. 2-committee earlier, the petitioner shall produce the decision before the respondent no.4 college. It is clarified that this order is passed without prejudice and subject to the petitioner's claim for caste validity certificate being upheld and this order shall not create any equity in any way. Petition is accordingly disposed of. CHIEF JUSTICE GIRISH GODBOLE, J - 3 - wplod1145