1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.9177 OF 2007 Harshal Balwant Parmar .. Petitioner Vs. The State of Maharashtra & Ors. .. Respondents Smt.S.S.Gokhale for the petitioner Mr.R.D.Rane, G.P. for the respondents CORAM : J.N.PATEL CORAM : J.N.PATEL CORAM : J.N.PATEL & & & SMT.NISHITA MHATRE, JJ. SMT.NISHITA MHATRE, JJ. SMT.NISHITA MHATRE, JJ. DATED : 13TH DECEMBER, 2007 DATED : 13TH DECEMBER, 2007 DATED : 13TH DECEMBER, 2007 P.C.: 1. The petitioner has filed the present petition for a direction to the respondents to permit him to appear for the 7th and 8th Semester examination of the Computer Engineering Course pending decision of his caste verification application by respondent nos.3. 2. The learned G.P. Mr.Rane states, on instructions, that the Caste Scrutiny Committee will complete the verification within 8 weeks from today. It appears that a petition was filed earlier for the same relief i.e. Writ Petition No.2840 of 2005. It has been disposed of at the stage of admission by an order dated 6th May, 2005 2 directing the Caste Scrutiny Committee to dispose of the application for verification within three months. This has not been done and hence, the present petition. 3. We, therefore, direct that the Caste Scrutiny Committee shall dispose of the application within 8 weeks from today. In the meantime, the petitioner will be permitted to appear for the 7th Semester examination and pursue his studies in the Computer Engineering course. However, this will not create any equity in favour of the petitioner. 4. In these terms, we dispose of the petition by giving liberty to the petitioner to approach this court in the event, the Caste Scrutiny Committee does not dispose of the application within 8 weeks as stated above. 5. Parties to act on an authenticated copy of this order. ( J.N. PATEL, J ) ( J.N. PATEL, J ) ( J.N. PATEL, J ) 3 ( SMT.NISHITA MHATRE, J ) ( SMT.NISHITA MHATRE, J ) ( SMT.NISHITA MHATRE, J )