1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE WRIT PETITION NO. 63 OF 2004 Mr. Ravindra Udaysingh Thakur .. Petitioner. vs. Walchand College of Engineering, Sangli & Ors. .. Respondents. Shri A.S. Ranade for petitioner absent. Shri C.R. Sonawane, AGP. for respondents. CORAM : A.P. SHAH & S.U. KAMDAR, JJ. DATE : 28th September,2004 P.C. Petitioner and his Advocate are absent. 2. Heard Mr. Sonawane, learned AGP., for respondents. 3. The petitioner has been given provisional admission subject to production of caste validity certificate. The petitioner has applied to the Caste Scrutiny Committee for grant of caste validity 2 certificate. It appears that the application is still not decided by the Caste Scrutiny Committee though the application was preferred on 22.10.2003. We direct the Caste Scrutiny Committee to decide the application of the petitioner expeditiously and preferably within a period of two months from today. Till the Scrutiny Committee decides the application and for a period of four weeks thereafter the petitioner’s admission in the Engineering College shall not be cancelled. 4. Petition is disposed of accordingly.