1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.923 OF 2005 Mrs.Pooja P.Chavan Petitioner vs. State of Maharashtra & ors. Respondents Mr.R.K.Mendadkar for the petitioner. Mr.R.D.Rane,A.G.P. for respondents 1 and 2. Mr.R.M.Pethe i/b.Mr.R.G.Ketkar for respondent no.3. CORAM : R. M. LODHA & R. S. MOHITE,JJ. DATED : 17th March 2005 P.C. Heard. 2. Rule. Returnable forthwith. Mr.R.D. Rane,A.G.P. waives service for the respondents 1 and 2. Mr.R.M.Pethe, advocate waives service for the respondent no.3. 3. By consent of the learned counsel for the parties, rule is heard finally at this stage. 4. The petitioner’s grievance in this writ petition is non-consideration of her caste claim by the respondent no.2 until date. During the course of hearing, the learned counsel for the respondent no.2 submitted that petitioner’s caste claim shall now be decided as early 2 as possible. 5. The learned counsel for the petitioner also submitted that the respondent no.3 be directed to provisionally accept the petitioner’s examination form for the ensuing B.Ed. degree examination. 6. Having considered the submissions of the learned counsel for the parties, we are satisfied that the following order shall meet the ends of justice: ORDER (i) The Scheduled Tribe Certificate Scrutiny Committee, Nashik Division shall decide the petitioner’s caste validity claim as early as possible and in no case later than four weeks from the date of the appearance of the petitioner before it. (ii) The petitioner is directed to appear before the aforesaid Scrutiny Committee on 21st March 2005. (iii) In the event of the Scrutiny Committee verifying the petitioner’s caste claim and caste validity certificate being granted to him, the respondent no.3 shall 3 accept the petitioner’s examination form for the ensuing B.Ed. degree examination to be held in the month of May 2005 subject to petitioner’s making payment of late fee and fulfilling other requisite conditions. No costs. (R.M. (R.M. (R.M. LODHA,J.) LODHA,J.) LODHA,J.) (R.S. (R.S. (R.S. MOHITE,J.) MOHITE,J.) MOHITE,J.)