1 wp6513.11 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE WRIT PETITION NO.6513 OF 2011 Akshay Ashok Somvanshi & Anr. : Petitioners V/s. The State of Maharashtra & Anr. : Respondents .... Ms S.A.Dhamale for the petitioners. Mr.V.S.Gokhale, Asstt. Govt. Pleader for the respondents. .... CORAM : D.D. SINHA & R.Y.GANOO, JJ. DATE : AUGUST 29, 2011. P.C.: Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Asstt. Govt. Pleader for the respondents. 2. The grievance of the petitioners is in respect of the inaction on the part of the Caste Scrutiny Committee to decide the caste claim of the petitioners till this date. The counsel for the petitioners has submitted that the petitioner no.1 is a student of Engineering College and was given provisional admission subject to Caste Certificate Verification by the Committee. The caste claim was referred to the Committee in the year 2008. However, till this date the Committee did not pass final order. 2 wp6513.11 Similarly, so far as the petitioner no.2 is concerned, he is also a student of Engineering College whose caste claim is referred to the Committee in 2010. The petitioner no.2’s admission is also provisional, subject to verification by the Committee. 3. The counsel for the petitioners has submitted that direction be given to the Committee to decide the caste claim of the petitioners within a stipualted period. 4. On the back drop of the above referred facts, it appears that the petitioners are students and have been given admission in the respective Engineering Colleges, subject to the result of the verification proceedings. In these circumstances and in the interest of justice, we dispose of the petition with a direction to the respondents to decide the caste claim of the petitioners, if not decided earlier, in accordance with law and the procedure applicable in this regard within a period of four months from the date of communication of this order. Order accordingly. (D. D. SINHA, J.) (R.Y. GANOO,J.)