1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR Writ Petition No.3007/2011 [Payal A. Garate .vrs. The Scheduled Tribes Caste Scrutiny Committee, Amravati and another] ................................................................................................................................................................... Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders Court's or Judge's order of directions and Registrar's orders ................................................................................................................................................................... CORAM : B.P. DHARMADHIKARI AND P.D. KODE, JJ. DATE : AUGUST 01, 2011. Heard Shri R.S. Parsodkar, learned counsel for the petitioner, Mrs. S.W. Deshpande, learned counsel for respondent no.1 and Mrs. K.S. Joshi, learned AGP for respondent no.2/State. Mrs. Deshpande, learned counsel for respondent no.1, states that the caste claim of the petitioner is pending. Shri Parsodkar, learned counsel for the petitioner, states that because of interim direction of this Court dated 7th July, 2011, the petitioner is admitted by respondent no.2 in Government Medical College for MBBS course. He, therefore, states that caste verification pending since 2009 with respondent 2 no.1 should be expedited and the petition should be disposed of. In this situation, we direct the petitioner to appear before respondent no.1 on 30.8.2011 and to abide by its further instructions in the matter. Respondent no.1 shall attempt to decide her caste claim as early as possible and in any case within a period of six months thereafter in accordance with the Maharashtra Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, De- Notified Tribes (Vimukta Jatis), Nomadic Tribes, Other Backward Classes and Special Backward Category (Regulation of Issuance and Verification of) Caste Certificate Act, 2000 (Act No. XXIII of 2001). With this direction, writ petition is disposed of. Needless to mention that admission of the petitioner in Medical College is subject to further orders of respondent no.1 in the matter. JUDGE JUDGE Gulande