FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET NO. IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 3673 OF 2011 "Bhaltilak Martina d/o Chittaranjan Bhaltilak Vs. The State of Maharashtra and others." Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram appearances, Court's Orders Court's or Judge's orders or directions and Registrar's orders. 1 Mr. P.V. Ambade, Advocate for petitioner. Mr. K.M. Suryawanshi, Assistant Govt. Pleader for respondent Nos. 1 and 2. Mr. K.D. Bade Patil, Advocate for respondent No.3. CORAM :- D.B. BHOSALE & S.B. DESHMUKH, JJ. DATE :- 19TH JULY, 2011. PER COURT :- 1] Heard learned counsel for the parties. 2] By this petition, the petitioner is seeking direction to respondent No.2 scrutiny committee, to decide her caste claim within time frame. 3] Petitioner has secured admission to Nursing Course as a person belonging to OBC category. The petitioner has stated that respondent No.3 University will not accept her examination form in view of the fact that, till this date, she has not submitted validity certificate issued by the Scrutiny Committee. Petitioner's caste claim is pending before the scrutiny committee since long. The petitioner has stated that, her college forwarded her caste certificate to the scrutiny committee, in 2010. The scrutiny FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET NO. IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 3673 OF 2011 "Bhaltilak Martina d/o Chittaranjan Bhaltilak Vs. The State of Maharashtra and others." Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram appearances, Court's Orders Court's or Judge's orders or directions and Registrar's orders. 2 committee has issued certificate/letter dated 8/5/2011, stating the reasons why her caste claim remained pending before it. 4] Keeping that in view and considering the prayers made in the writ petition, we are inclined to dispose of this petition by the following order :- [i] Respondent No.2 – Scrutiny Committee shall endeavour to decide petitioner's caste claim, as expeditiously as possible, and preferably within a period of one year from today. [ii] Petitioner was allowed to appear for 2nd year annual examination of B.Sc. Nursing Course by ad-interim order passed by this court on 20th May, 2011. The petitioner, accordingly, appeared for the examination. In view thereof respondent No.3 university is directed to declare her result subject to decision of the scrutiny committee in respect of her caste claim. The petitioner shall not claim any equities. [iii] Petitioner is directed to communicate this order personally to the scrutiny committee, within 4 weeks from today. [S.B. DESHMUKH,J.] [D.B. BHOSALE, J.] grt/-