(1) WP 7009.2011 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 7009 OF 2011 Ramanand S/o Baburao Birajdar Minor U/g. brother Dnyaneshwar Baburao Birajdar and ors. PETITIONERS VERSUS The State of Maharashtra and ors. RESPONDENTS ..... Mr. H.V. Patil, Advocate for the Petitioners. Mr. V.D. Rakh, A.G.P. for the Respondent-State. Mr. Vinayak H. Solanke, Advocate h/f. Mr. A.R. Nikam, Advocate for respondent no.5 None present for other respondents though served. ..... CORAM : B.R. GAVAI AND M.T. JOSHI, JJ. DATED : 21ST NOVEMBER, 2011 ORAL ORDER: 1. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith and heard finally by consent of the learned counsel for the parties. 2. The facts in the present case are identical with the bunch of Petitions being Writ Petition no. 4225 of 2011 alongwith companion matters, which have been decided by this Court on 24.6.2011. (2) WP 7009.2011 3. For the reasons recorded by this Court while disposing of the said Petitions, we allow the present Petition in the following terms: A] Respondent-District Sports Officer concerned is directed to issue Sports Certificate in favour of the petitioner, if otherwise he is eligible and forward the same to respondent - Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education, Aurangabad Division, Aurangabad, within a period of three (3) weeks from the date of receipt of the order. B] Respondent-Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education, Aurangabad Division, Aurangabad is further directed to act upon the said certificate expeditiously. 4. Rule made absolute in the above terms. Sd/- Sd/- [M. T. JOSHI, J.] [B. R. GAVAI, J.] arp/