IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 4306OF 2008 Vilas Damu Koli .... Petitioner. vs. The Deputy Director and Member Secretary, Committee for Scrutiny and Verification of Scheduled Tribes Claims, Pune & Ors. .... Respondents. Mr. G.M. Savagave for the petitioner. Mr. C.R. Sonawane, AGP., for Respondents. CORAM : J.N. PATEL, & S.J. KATHAWALLA, JJ. DATE : 17th OCTOBER, 2008. P.C. . Heard the learned counsel for the parties. The limited point being agitated by the petitioner is that though his application for scrutiny of his caste claim has been submitted in the year 2003, the respondent no. 1 Committee has failed to pass any order on the application made by the petitioner for validity of his caste certificate. We, therefore, direct the respondent no. 1 to take a decision in the matter of caste certificate of the petitioner within a period of six weeks from the date of communication of this order. The petitioner to communicate this order to the respondent no. 1. Petition stands disposed of accordingly. (J.N. PATEL, J.) (S.J. KATHAWALLA, J.) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 4287 OF 2008 Prof. Tikaram Budho Kolte (Retd.) .... Petitioner. vs. State of Maharashtra & Ors. .... Respondents. Mr. Sanghavi i/by S.P. Saxena & A.S. Rao for the petitioner. Mr. V.A. Sonpal, AGP., for Respondent No.1. CORAM : J.N. PATEL, & S.J. KATHAWALLA, JJ. DATE : 17th OCTOBER, 2008. P.C. . At the request on behalf of the petitioner, we are granting adjournment by way of last chance. S.O., to 24.10.2008. (J.N. PATEL, J.) (S.J. KATHAWALLA, J.)