Ladda 1 wp-4409-11.doc IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL WRIT PETITION No. 4409 of 2011. Master Pritesh Subhash Thakur minor through father and natural guardian Subhash Ratan Thakur ...Petitioner. Versus The State of Maharashtra & Ors. ...Respondents. ...... Mr R. K. Mendadkar, Advocate for the Petitioner. Mrs M.P. Thakur, Assistant Government Pleader, for Respondent Nos. 1 to 3. CORAM: D.D. SINHA AND A.R.JOSHI, JJ. DATED:- 28th June, 2011. P.C. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Assistant Government Pleader for Respondent Nos. 1 to 3. 2. The counsel for the petitioner states that the petitioner has applied for admission to first year Engineering/Health Science Ladda 2 wp-4409-11.doc Degree Course for academic year 2011-12 from the category of Thakur caste which is recognized as Scheduled Tribe. It is submitted that the caste claim of the petitioner is already referred to the Caste Scrutiny Committee in the year 2009 itself and is pending for decision. The counsel for the petitioner prays that directions be given to the Respondent No.2 Committee to decide the caste claim of the petitioner in accordance with law within a stipulated period of time. 3. In the backdrop of above referred facts, we dispose of the petition with directions to the respondent Caste Scrutiny Committee to decide the caste claim of the petitioner, if not decided earlier, in accordance with law and procedure applicable in this regard on its own merit, within a period of three months from the date of communication of this order. (D.D. SINHA,J) (A.R.JOSHI, J.)