1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 1046 OF 2007 Kishor Tukaram Shinde .... Petitioner. vs. The State of Maharashtra & Ors. .... Respondents. WRIT PETITION NO. 1047 OF 2007 Santaji Sambhaji Jadhav .... Petitioner. vs. The State of Maharashtra & Ors. .... Respondents. 2 WRIT PETITION NO. 1048 OF 2007 Raju Laxman Kurunde .... Petitioner. vs. The State of Maharashtra & Ors. .... Respondents. WRIT PETITION NO. 1049 OF 2007 Vijay Govind More .... Petitioner. vs. The State of Maharashtra & Ors. .... Respondents. WRIT PETITION NO. 1050 OF 2007 Padmavati Baban Dhumal .... Petitioner. 3 vs. The State of Maharashtra & Ors. .... Respondents. WRIT PETITION NO. 1051 OF 2007 Shamrao Ramchandra Pawar .... Petitioner. vs. The State of Maharashtra & Ors. .... Respondents. Mr. D.K. Bhalke holding for V.S. Talkute for the petitioners. Mr. V.S. Gokhale, AGP., for Respondent/State. CORAM : J.N. PATEL, & S.J. KATHAWALLA, JJ. DATE : 19th NOVEMBER, 2008. P.C. 4 . All these petitions pertain to rejection of the caste validity certificate by the Scheduled Tribe Caste Scrutiny Committee, Pune. Earlier an ad-interim order dated 21st February, 2007 was obtained in all the six petitions which protected the services of the petitioners as regards their respective jobs. When the matter came before us on 6th October, 2008 we found that the petitioners have not served the respondents even after more than 1 ½ years have elapsed. Under the circumstances, we were constrained to recall the said ad-interim order dated 21st February, 2007 in all the six petitions. 2. Today, when the matter was called out for admission, the learned counsel appearing for the petitioners informs us that he is not ready to go on with the matter and seeks adjournment. An attempt was made in the morning session to mention the matter before us and to seek an adjournment which was rejected. In order to give a fair chance to the petitioners as a last chance, we are adjourning the matter for a period of two weeks on condition that the petitioner deposits costs of Rs. 2000/- in 5 each of the petitions on or before the next date of hearing. In the event of the petitioners depositing the said costs, the same should be credited in the account of the Legal Aid Committee of the High Court. In case the petitioners fail to deposit the said costs on or before the next date of hearing, the said petitions to stand dismissed for want of prosecution without any further reference to the Court. S.O. To 3.12.2008. (J.N. PATEL, J.) (S.J. KATHAWALLA, J.) 6