(1) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO.5640 OF 2009 Digambar s/o Ganpat Mekhle and another. ...]PETITIONERS VERSUS The State of Maharashtra and others. ...RESPONDENTS ... Mr.R.J.Nirmal, Adv., for the petitioner. Mr. Alok Sharma, Assistant Solicitor General for respondent nos. 3 and 4. Mr. V.D.Rakh, AGP for respondent nos. 1 and 2. ... CORAM: NARESH H. PATIL & K.U. CHANDIWAL, JJ. DATE :17th NOVEMBER, 2009. *** PER COURT : 1. Petitioner No.1's minor daughter, petitioner no.2, namely, Pranita is a VIth Standard student, in Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Amba, Partur, dist.Jalna. Her admission is likely to be cancelled for want of caste validity certificate. Petitioners claim to be belonging to Mahadev Koli. The Sub Divisional Officer has refused issuance of the caste certificate to the petitioner no.2 and appeal has been preferred (2) against the said order, according to the Counsel for the petitioner. The Counsel for the petitioner has placed on record service extract of petitioner no.1 stating that he is in service as Police Constable on the basis of caste certificate of Mahadev Koli. 2. Prima facie, considering these aspects of the matter, we are of the opinion that the admission of the petitioner no.2 shall not be disturbed in the VIth Standard, for the academic year. The admission shall be subject to outcome of the appeal filed by the petitioner before the Caste Scrutiny Committee. The petitioner shall file an application before the Caste Scrutiny Committee for expeditious disposal of the appeal and cooperate with the appellate authority. Petition is disposed of. [K.U. CHANDIWAL, J.] [NARESH H.PATIL, J.] agp/wp5640-09