1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 5479 OF 2009 Ubaid Alam Ansari. .... Petitioner. Versus The State of Maharashtra & Ors. .... Respondents. Mr. P. M. Pradhan for the Petitioner. Mr. C.R.Sonawane, AGP for the State. CORAM: BILAL NAZKI and MRS.V.K.TAHILRAMANI, JJ. DATED : 7TH JULY, 2009. P. C.: Heard learned Counsel for the parties and disposed of with their consent. 2. The petitioner's case is that the Caste Scrutiny Committee is not even entertaining his claim for scrutiny of his certificate. Therefore, we had directed the learned AGP appearing for the respondents to take instructions in the matter. Learned AGP appearing for the respondents submits that the Caste Scrutiny Committee has not been made a party respondent in the petition. That may be true but in one of the paragraphs in the petition the petitioner has stated that the respondent No.3, who is 2 the Additional Commissioner, Konkan Division, is the head of the Caste Scrutiny Committee. Therefore, it was expected that the reply from the Committee would also come, which has not come. 3. An affidavit has been filed by respondent No.2 in which it is stated that respondent No.1 has obtained a certificate from the Competent Authority about the petitioner belonging to the Muslim Julaha Community, which needs to be scrutinised by the Caste Scrutiny Committee and the matter has been referred to respondent No.2 by the B.N.N. College of Arts, Commerce and Science at Bhiwandi on 17th December, 2008, which respondent No.2 has forwarded to the Caste Scrutiny Committee on 12th February, 2009. Five months have been passed but the Caste Scrutiny Committee has not taken any decision and according to the petitioner he is not being even entertained in the office of the Scrutiny Committee. It is submitted that if the petitioner's claim is not decided shortly and it is found that he belongs to a reserved category, there is a chance that he may lose admission to the Engineering College for which he is otherwise eligible. 4. Keeping in view this fact, we direct the Caste Scrutiny Committee to decide and dispose of the case of the petitioner in accordance with law within a period of two weeks from the date of the receipt of the order. 3 5. With this direction, the writ petition is disposed of. 6. A copy of this order be given to the petitioner immediately so that he serve the same on the Caste Scrutiny Committee. Sd/- (BILAL NAZKI, J.) Sd/- (MRS.V.K.TAHILRAMANI, J.)