[-1-] IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION W.P.NO.8330 OF 2008 Niranjan Deepak Gawali ..Petitioner Vs. State of Maharashtra & Ors. ..Respondents ... Smt.S.S.Gokhale advocate for Petitioner Mr.B.V.Phadnis for Respondent No.5 Mr.V.P.Malvankar AGP for Respondent Nos.1 to 3 ... CORAM: BILAL NAZKI AND CORAM: BILAL NAZKI AND CORAM: BILAL NAZKI AND SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,JJ. SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,JJ. SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,JJ. DATE : APRIL 06, 2009 DATE : APRIL 06, 2009 DATE : APRIL 06, 2009 P.C. P.C. P.C. 1. The Petitioner is a student of Engineering and his admission is threatened on the ground that he has not been able to get his Caste Certificate verified from the Competent Authority i.e. Respondent No.3-Caste Scrutiny Committee. She submits that application was moved in August, 2007 before the Respondent No.7. Communication was received by the Petitioner in March, 2008 stating that the application was pending before the Caste Scrutiny Committee but lateron, the Petitioner was informed on 11.8.2008 that his application along with certificate in original have been lost. The Petitioner submits that he cannot move a fresh [-2-] application as original application and Caste Certificate have been lost by Respondent No.3 and if he applies for fresh Certificate, it will take a long time. In these circumstances, after hearing the learned counsel for the Petitioner as well as counsel for Respondent no.3, we dispose of this petition and allow the Petitioner to move a fresh application before the Respondent No.3 who shall not insist on production of the Caste Certificate in original to seek confirmation of the Caste Certificate issued to the Petitioner by Deputy Secretary, Office of the Collector, Thane as the photo copy of the original Certificate is available. The process of confirming whether the Certificate is valid or not, by Respondent No.3, shall be completed within a period of three months from today. Till the matter is decided by the Caste Scrutiny Committee, the Petitioner’s admission shall not be cancelled. 2. Petition is disposed of. [BILAL NAZKI, J.] [BILAL NAZKI, J.] [BILAL NAZKI, J.] [-3-] [SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI, J.] [SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI, J.] [SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI, J.]