1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO.5790 OF 2009 Siddiqui Mohammed Sharjeel Ali s/o Siddiqui Mohammed Jafar Ali, Resident of Chaitnya Nagar, House No.836, Shahed Gulshan, Opposite Masjid, Nanded. ...PETITIONER. VERSUS 1) The State of Maharashtra, Through Secretary, Education Department, Mantralaya, Mumbai- 400 032 2) Caste Certificate Scrutiny Committee No.2, Latur Division, Latur, 3) The Principal, The Mahatma Gandhi Mission College of Engineering, Nanded, 4) The Vice-Chancellor, Swami Ramanand Tirth University, Nanded. ...RESPONDENTS. ... Smt.A.N. Ansari Advocate for the Petitioner. Shri.S.K. Tambe, A.G.P. for the Respondent No.1. Mr.B.L. Sagar-Killarikar Advocate for the Respondent No.2. ... 2 CORAM: NARESH H. PATIL & K.U. CHANDWAL, JJ. DATE : 18TH NOVEMBER, 2009. PER COURT : 1. The Petitioner is a student of Engineering Course. His caste claim is pending for verification with the Respondent No.2 Committee. According to the counsel for the Petitioner, hearing of the matter before the Committee, is already completed. 2. We direct the Respondent No.2 Committee to dispose of finally the caste verification claim of the Petitioner on its own merits within two months from today. The decision shall be communicated by the Committee to Respondent No.3 - The Mahatma Gandhi Mission College of Engineering, Nanded and the Petitioner. It is made clear that the Petitioner's admission in the Engineering College will be subject to the out-come of the caste verification claim. 3. With these directions Writ Petition is disposed of. 3 4. The counsel for the Respondent No.2 Committee to communicate this order to the Committee. [K.U. CHANDIWAL, J.] [NARESH H. PATIL,J.] asb/NOV09/wp5790.09