1 FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET NO. IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO.869 OF 2010 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Office Notes, Office Memoranda of | Coram, appearances, Court’s orders | Court’s or Judge’s or directions and Registrar’s | orders orders | ----------------------------------------------------------------- Mr. S.D. Joshi, Advocate for the petitioner. Learned A.G.P. for respondent Nos.1 & 3. CORAM : A.M. KHANWILKAR, AND S.S. SHINDE, JJ. DATE : 2ND MARCH, 2010 The petitioner has approached this Court apprehending the coercive action taken by the respondent Nos. 3 and 4 on the ground that the petitioner has failed to produce caste validity certificate. The petitioner is taking First year Engineering Course in the respondent College. The fact that the petitioner has already submitted his claim for verification to the Scrutiny Committee is not in dispute. It is also not in dispute that Scrutiny Committee 2 failed to decide caste claim of the petitioner. That reason is beyond the control of the petitioner. The petitioner cannot be blamed for the inaction of the Scrutiny Committee. Caste Scrutiny Committee, on the other hand, expressed inability to decide due to pressure of work. 2. In the circumstances, we think it appropriate to dispose of this petition with direction to the Caste Scrutiny Committee to decide the caste claim of the petitioner as expeditiously as possible and in any case, not later than three months from today. Till the validity of the caste certificate of the petitioner is finally decided by the Committee, the respondents shall not precipitate the matter any further. In the event, Caste Scrutiny Committee were to validate the caste claim of the petitioner, the petitioner would be entitled to pursue the course against 3 the reserved seat. 3. The petitioner to appear in the office of the Scrutiny Committee on 12-03-2010 at 11-00 a.m. on which date, the Committee may schedule the date of hearing of the caste claim of the petitioner. The petitioner shall extend full co-operation for final disposal of his caste claim. In the event, if the order is adverse against the petitioner, no precipitative steps shall be taken against the petitioner for period of two weeks from the date of communication of the said order, so as to enable him to carry the matter further. 4. The petition is disposed of on the above terms. ( S.S. SHINDE, J. ) (A.M. KHANWILKAR,J.) sut/MAR10/wp869.10