1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPLICATION NO.3070 OF 2007 IN CIVIL WRIT PETITION NO.2090 OF 2006 Kameshchandra C. Vishwakarma ...Applicant Vs. State of Maharashtra & Ors. ...Respondents Mr.Abdul Kadar Millwala i/b. A.V.Latne for Applicant Mr. Rane, Government Pleader with Mrs. M.P.Thakur , AGP for Respondents 1 to 3 CORAM: SMT.RANJANA DESAI & SMT.ROSHAN DALVI, JJ. DATED: 19TH DECEMBER, 2007 P.C. 1. It appears that the petitioner's caste claim is pending with the Caste Scrutiny Committee for a long time. The petitioner is taking education in Vidyavardhini's College of Engineering, Thane. His claim is not decided till date. This Court had on the last occasion permitted the petitioner to appear for the examination. We had asked the learned AGP to file an affidavit stating why the Caste Scrutiny Committee is taking such a long time to decide the petitioner's caste claim. 2. The affidavit filed by Mr. Chintamani Vasant 2 Nandedkar, Research Officer, Caste Certificate Scrutiny Committee, Mumbai is submitted by the learned Government Pleader Mr. Rane in the Court. We have carefully perused the same. The learned Government Pleader Mr. Rane also has tendered information in tabular form indicating the matters which the Caste Scrutiny Committee has disposed of and matters which are pending before it. There is no doubt that the Caste Scrutiny Committee is working under heavy pressure. The said tabular form of information is taken on record and marked “X” (colly). 3. Mr. Rane the learned Government Pleader states that the Caste Scrutiny Committee will decide the petitioner's application within a period of 8 weeks from today. Her statement is accepted. Since we have permitted the petitioner to appear for examination and the College has also allowed him to appear for examination and since the Government Pleader has made the above statement which we have recorded and accepted, nothing survives in the Petition. The Petition is disposed of accordingly. (SMT. ROSHAN DALVI, J.) (SMT.RANJANA DESAI, J.)