1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 8023 OF 2005 Deepak Pandharinath Salunke .. Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Maharashtra and others .. Respondents Shri S. R. Barlinge, Advocate for the Petitioner. Shri V. B. Ghadage A. G. P. for the Respondent No. 1. Shri M. S. Deshmukh, Advocate for the Respondent No. 2. CORAM : NARESH H. PATIL & N. D. DESHPANDE, JJ. DATE : 15TH JULY, 2009. ORAL ORDER [ Per Naresh H. Patil, J] : 1. Leave to add respondent No. 4. 2. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is studying in Topiwala Medical College, Mumbai and the petitioners caste certificate was forwarded to the Scrutiny Committee for verification. 2 3. Shri Deshmukh counsel for the respondent No. 2 submits that Scrutiny Committee did not have any papers concerning petitioner. In case petitioners caste claim is not decided, we direct that Committee shall verify the caste claim of the petitioner, on the basis of the caste certificate annexed Exhibit B to this writ petition. The petitioner shall appear before the Caste Scrutiny Committee at Nandurbar on 29.07.2009 at 11.00 a. m. The Committee shall, thereafter dispose of Caste claim of petitioner within four months from 29.07.2009, on its own merits. Petitioner shall cooperate the Committee in deciding Caste claim. 4. If the petitioner fails to appear before the Committee on 29.07.2009, the Committee shall proceed to call for Vigilance Cell report and serve copy of the same on the petitioner through the Dean, Topiwala Medical College, Mumbai and thereafter the Committee shall pass final orders on its own merits even if the petitioner fails to cooperate with the Committee. The petitioner's admission in the medical college is subject to the verification of his caste claim. 5. In case the Committee had already verified the caste claim of the petitioner then the order shall be communicated to the Dean, Topiwala, Medical College, Mumbai. 6. The Registry shall forward a copy of this order to the Dean, Topiwala Medical College, Mumbai. 3 7. Parties to act on the authenticated copy of this order duly signed by the by the Sheristedar of this Court. 8. In case the Committee had already issued validity certificate, accordingly intimate to this Court. 9. Authenticated copy be supplied. [ N. D. DESHPANDE, J.] [NARESH H. PATIL, J.] bsb/July 09