(1) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 4292 OF 2011 Balaji Kamalchand Rathod PETITIONER VERSUS The State of Maharashtra & others RESPONDENTS ..... Mr. S.K. Mathpati, advocate holding for Mr. S.B. Talekar, advocate for the Petitioner. Mrs. A.V. Gondhalekar, A.G.P. for the Respondent-State. ..... CORAM : B.R. GAVAI AND M.T. JOSHI, JJ. DATED : 26th SEPTEMBER, 2011 ORAL ORDER: 1. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith and heard finally, by consent. 2. The petitioner challenges the order dated 30th March, 2011, thereby rejecting the proposal to correct the entries regarding petitioner's caste certificate on the ground that the the Authorities have jurisdiction to correct such entries only when the students are taking education. 3. The issue is no more res integra. In number of matters, this Court, after considering the (2) language used in the Govt. Resolution dated 16th March, 1983, has held that the Authorities also have jurisdiction to consider the application for correction of the entries even after the student leaves the education. 4. In that view of the matter, we make Rule absolute in following terms. "The Respondent No. 4 is directed to consider the request of the petitioner for correction of the school record of the petitioner by following procedure prescribed by the Government Resolution dated 16th March, 1983 read with Appendix Six of the Secondary Schools Code. Subject to grant of sanction by the Appropriate Authority, the school record of the petitioner may be corrected in accordance with the said provisions. The proposal be submitted to the Appropriate Authority for grant of sanction, within four weeks from today. On receipt of the said proposal, the Appropriate Authority shall decide the same as expeditiously as possible and in any case, not later than eight weeks from its receipt, on its own merits in accordance with law. The Appropriate (3) authority to afford opportunity of hearing to the petitioner. In the event, an adverse order is passed against the petitioner, the Authority shall record reasons therefor. It is made clear that all questions whether in respect of request for sanction or for carrying out amendment in the school record, will have to be decided on its own merit in accordance with law." [M.T. JOSHI, J.] [B.R. GAVAI, J.] npj/wp4292-11