1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO.2859 OF 2009 Prabhatrao Marutirao Bade - PETITIONER VERSUS 1) The State of Mah. & Ors. - RESPONDENTS ***** Mr.S.W.Mundhe, Advocate for Petitioner; Mr.V.D.Rakh,AGP for Respondent Nos. 1 & 3; Mr.V.R.Sonwalkar, Advocate for Resp.Nos. 2 & 4; Mr.B.A.Dhengle, Advocate for Respondent No.7. ----- CORAM : NARESH H. PATIL & K.U.CHANDIWAL, JJ. DATE : 11th November, 2009. PER COURT : . Heard. 2) The petitioner claims to be belonging to ‘Vanjari’ caste. Petitioner’s grievance is that his application, seeking correction of original school record, mentioning his caste as `Hindu Banjara" from `Hindu Vanjari', was even not accepted by the Education Officer (Primary). 2 3) Without entering into the merits of the claim of the petitioner, we observe that in case an application is filed by the petitioner seeking correction of his school record, to the Education Officer within two weeks from today, appropriate orders shall be passed by the authorities concerned thereon strictly in accordance with law within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of the order of this Court. We have not expressed any opinion on the merits of the claim of the petitioner. 4) Learned AGP appearing for the Education Officer (Primary) Zilla Parishad, Latur, to communicate the order to the authorities concerned. 5) With these observations, the petition stands disposed of. (K.U.CHANDIWAL) (NARESH H. PATIL) JUDGE JUDGE bdv/wp2859.09