1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO.8132 OF 2009 Santosh Ramesh Kadlag - PETITIONER VERSUS The State of Maharashtra & Ors. - RESPONDENTS ***** Mr.SK Shinde, Advocate for Petitioner; Mr.RP Phatke,AGP for Resp.Nos. 1 & 2. Mr.I.S.Thorat, Advocate for Resp.No.3; Mr.BL Sagar-Killarikar, Adv. for Resp.No.4. ----- CORAM : NARESH H. PATIL & K.U.CHANDIWAL, JJ. DATE : 2nd December, 2009. PER COURT : 1) Heard. 2) The petitioner’s caste claim to be belonging to “Kunabi” (OBC) is pending before the Caste Scrutiny Committee. Therefore, the petition could be disposed of by giving directions to the Scrutiny Committee. 3) The Caste Scrutiny Committee shall 2 decide the caste claim of the petitioner within four weeks from the date of receipt of the order of this Court. The petitioner shall appear before the Committee on 14th December, 2009 at 11.00 a.m. and cooperate with the committee in getting final disposal of the caste claim. If the petitioner does not cooperate with the committee, the Committee shall be at liberty to decide the caste claim of the petitioner on the basis of available record and communicate the decision to the college authorities. 3) In the meanwhile, we direct the respondents/authorities to permit the petitioner to pursue his studies. The petitioner shall also be permitted to appear in the examination subject to petitioner’s satisfying other eligibility conditions. It is made clear that the petitioner’s admission in the college and his performance at the examination shall be subject to final order passed by the Caste Scrutiny Committee. 4) With these directions, the petition stands disposed of. (K.U.CHANDIWAL) (NARESH H. PATIL) JUDGE JUDGE bdv/wp8132.09