1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE, BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 6240 OF 2010 Aniket s/o. Rajkumar Khake, Age 18 yrs., Occu. Student, R/o. C/o. Rajkumar S Khake Shivaji Nagar, Hingoli. ....Petitioner. Versus 1. The State of Maharashtra Through its Secretary Social Welfare Department, Mantralaya, Mumbai. 2. Divisional Caste Verification Committee No. 2, Ausa Road, Latur Through its Chairman/Director, Latur. 3. The Director of Technical Education, Maharashtra State, 3 Mahapalika Marg, Post Box No. 1961, Mumbai­01. 4. The Principal, Khurana Sawant Institute of Engineering and Technology, Hingoli­ 431 513. ....Respondents. Mr. R.P. Adgaonkar h/f. Mr. M.S. Patil, Advocate for petitioner. Mrs. A.V. Gondhalekar, AGP, for respondent Nos. 1 to 3. CORAM : B.R. GAVAI AND A.A.SAYED, JJ. DATED : 15th October, 2010. 2 ORAL JUDGMENT : [ PER B. R. GAVAI, J.] 1. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith. Heard by consent. 2. The limited relief claimed in this petition is that though the case of the petitioner is pending before the respondent No. 2 ­ Committee for validating his claim of belonging to "Wani" which is notified as Other Backward Category, the same is not yet decided and on account of the decision not being taken by the said Committee, admission of the petitioner is cancelled. 3. Rule is made absolute by giving following directions :­ (1) The respondent No. 2 ­ Committee is directed to decide the claim of the petitioner within a period of six months from today. (2) The petitioner to appear before the said Committee on 15th of November 2010 and as such, requirement of formal notice stand waived. (3) Till the decision of the respondent No. 2 ­ Committee, admission of the petitioner shall not be cancelled and that the petitioner would be permitted to prosecute his studies. (4) In the event, the order of Scrutiny Committed is adverse to the interest of the petitioner, the same shall not be given effect for the period of four weeks from the date of receipt of the decision of the Committee. (5) Needless to state that the result of the petitioner of his performance in his examination shall be declared and if he is successful, 3 the admission to next year would be granted to him. [ A. A. SAYED ] [ B. R. GAVAI ] Judge Judge ssc/wp6240.10