1 WP 8074/2005 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO.8074 OF 2005 Chandrakant Sulchand Shinde ... Petitioner Versus The State of Maharashtra & Others. ... Respondents. ----- Shri. D.S. Bagul, Advocate for the petitioner. Shri. V.B. Ghatge, Assistant Government Pleader, for respondents Nos.1 and 2. Shri. B.L. Sagar Killarikar, Advocate, for respondent No.5. ------- CORAM: NARESH H PATIL & N.D. DESHPANDE, JJ. DATE: 7th JULY 2009 PER COURT : 1) Heard. 2) Pending petitioner's caste claim this Court by ad interim order dated 6th December 2005 protected the petitioner's interests. Since then the petition is pending admission. The counsel for the petitioner is not informed as to whether 2 WP 8074/2005 the caste verification is finalized by the Committee or whether the petitioner has continued his studies and completed the course. It would not be appropriate to keep the petition pending any further. 3) In case the caste claim of the petitioner is pending before the Committee, the Committee is directed to decide the caste claim finally within six months from the date of appearance of the petitioner. The petitioner shall appear before the Committee within four weeks from today. In case the petitioner's caste claim is invalidated the Committee shall forward copy of the order to the respondents Nos.2 and 3. The counsel Shri. Bagul undertakes to intimate the order of this Court to the petitioner. 4) The writ petition is disposed of. (N.D. DESHPANDE, J.) (NARESH H PATIL, J.) rsl/ wp.8074.05