WP 5191/11 1 FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET NO. IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE, BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO.5191/2011 Rohit Khanderao Thakur through guardian father Khanderao Tulshiram Thakur V/s The State & others. _______________________________________________________ Office Notes, Office | Memoranda of Coram, | Court's or Judge's orders appearances, Court's | orders or directions | and Registrar's orders | Shri A.H. Koralkar, Advocate for petitioner. Shri V.D. Godbharle, AGP for respondent nos.1 to 4. Shri R.B. Raghu, Advocate h/f Shri R.P. Phatake, Advocate for respondent no.5. CORAM: D.B. BHOSALE & S.B. DESHMUKH, JJ. Date: 15.07.2011 Heard learned counsel for the parties. In this writ petition, the petitioner is seeking the following reliefs: “(B) By a writ of certiorari, or any other appropriate writ, or order or directions in the like nature, the impugned Rule 9 of the Admission to the First Year Health Sciences for the academic year 2011-2012 issued by the Respondent no.1 may kindly be quashed WP 5191/11 2 and set aside to the extent that it does not extend the provisions of the said Government Resolution dated 2nd May, 2011, to the candidates belonging to the Scheduled Tribe category. (C) By a writ of mandamus, or any other appropriate writ, or order or directions in the like nature, the Respondents No.1,2 & 3 be directed to offer the same treatment to the candidates from Scheduled Tribe category as is offered to the candidates from Scheduled Caste, Other Backward Class, Nomadic Tribes and Special Backward Category, and admit the students on the basis of their caste certificates issued by the competent authorities.” Learned counsel for the petitioner does not press these prayers in the writ petition in view of subsequent developments namely the order dated 12.7.2011 passed by the Principal Seat of this Court at Mumbai in Writ Petition No.5241/2011 and the advertisement published by the Directorate of Medical WP 5191/11 3 Education & Research in “Lokmat” daily dated 14.7.2011. Respondent no.5-scrutiny committee shall endeavour to decide the petitioner’s tribe claim as expeditiously as possible and preferably before 31.3.2012. With these observations, the writ petition is disposed of as not pressed. (S.B. Deshmukh, J.) (D.B. Bhosale, J.) Dt/- 15.07.2011 ndk/c157114