ASN 1 WP-1336.sxw IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPEALLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 1336 OF 2011 Tanay Chandrakant Kambli. ..Petitioner. Vs. State of Maharashtra and ors. ..Respondents. Mr.R.K.Mendadkar for the Petitioner. Mr.V.D.Patil, Govt. Pleader for Respondent Nos. 1 to 3. CORAM : MOHIT S. SHAH, C.J. AND S.J. VAZIFDAR, J. Friday, 11 th February, 2011 PC : Rule. By consent, rule made returnable forthwith. 2 The learned Govt. Pleader waives service on behalf of the respondent Nos. 1 to 3. So far as respondent No.4 is concerned, it is not necessary to wait for service of respondent No.4 as the report does not propose to give any finding against respondent No4. The petitioner has secured admission to first year Engineering Course in the month of August, 2010. The petitioner had applied for admission through the reserved category on the ground that the petitioner belongs to Bhandari which is recognized as Other Backward Class in the State of Maharashtra. As per the Maharashtra Schedule Castes, Schedule Tribes, De-notified Tribes (Vimukta Jatis) Nomadic Tribes, Other Backward Classes and Special Backward Category (Regulation of Issuance and Verification of ) Caste Certificate Act, 2000, the petitioner is required to ASN 2 WP-1336.sxw obtain Caste Validity Certificate from the Caste Scrutiny Committee. The petitioner has applied for the same before the Caste Scrutiny Committee on 29th January, 2011. The delay in making the application before the Caste Scrutiny Committee was condoned by the State Government, Social Justice and Special Assistance Department, Mantralaya on 29th November, 2010. The grievance of the present petitioner is that inspite of furnishing the application to the College, the college has not forwarded the same to the Caste Scrutiny Committee for caste verification. The respondent Nos. 3 and 4 propose to disturb the petitioner’s admission on the ground that the petitioner has not submitted Caste Validity Certificate from the Caste Scrutiny Committee-respondent No.2 herein. In the facts and circumstances of the case, we are of the view that interests of justice will be served if the respondent No.2 -Committee decides the application of the petitioner as expeditiously as possible. The writ petition is accordingly, disposed of. 3 In the mean time, the respondents shall not disturb the petitioner from prosecuting the studies in Bachelor of Engineering Course on the ground of non production of Caste Validity Certificate. 4 The petitioner will be permitted to appear for the examination subject to decision of the Caste Scrutiny Committee. CHIEF JUSTICE S.J. VAZIFDAR, J.