Saurabh Babu Basapure v. The State Of Maharashtra And Others
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY,
BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO.6358 OF 2018 Jaydeep Nitin Rajput .. Petitioner
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The State of Maharashtra, through its Secretary, Higher Education Department, Mantralaya, Mumbai 32 and ors.
.. Respondents - WITH - WRIT PETITION NO.6359 OF 2018 Ojas Jitendra Patil .. Petitioner
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The State of Maharashtra, through its Secretary, Higher Education Department, Mantralaya, Mumbai 32 and ors.
.. Respondents - WITH - WRIT PETITION NO.6360 OF 2018 Aishwarya Udaysing Pardeshi .. Petitioner
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The State of Maharashtra, through its Secretary, Higher Education Department, Mantralaya, Mumbai 32 and ors.
.. Respondents - WITH - WRIT PETITION NO.6522 OF 2018 Parnika Pravinsing Rajput .. Petitioner
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The State of Maharashtra, through its Secretary, Higher Education Department, Mantralaya, Mumbai 32 and ors.
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Mr D.B. Thoke, Advocate for petitioners Mr P.K. Lakhotiya, A.G.P. for respondent-State - WITH - WRIT PETITION NO.6658 OF 2018 Saurabh s/o Babu Basapure .. Petitioner
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The State of Maharashtra, through the Secretary For Technical Education Department, Mantralaya, Mumbai and ors.
.. Respondents Mr C.A. Jadhav, Advocate for petitioner Mrs M.A. Deshpande, A.G.P. for respondent-State Mr S.G. Karlekar, Advocate for respondent no.3 CORAM : R.M. BORDE AND A.M. DHAVALE, JJ.
DATE : 28th June 2018 PER COURT 1.
The State Government has issued an Ordinance on 24.6.2018 directing extension of time for submission of the caste validity certificate for enabling the students to secure admission to professional courses. In view of the provisions of the Ordinance, the admission regulatory authority has been entrusted with the responsibility of prescribing the last date for submission of caste validity certificate by a candidate. The State of Maharashtra, State Common Entrance Test Cell, Mumbai has published schedule for activities for admission to first Year of Under Graduate Professional Courses for the year 2018-19. The State has prescribed 10th August 2018 as a last date for submission of caste validity certificate by the candidates desirous of securing admission to the first Year Professional Courses of B.E/Tech, B.Pharmacy/Pharm. D., B.Arch,
B.HMCT, MBA/MMS. So far as M.C.A. Course is concerned, the last date prescribed is 19th August 2018. Similarly, for M.E./M.Tech., M.Pharm courses, the last date prescribed for submission of caste validity certificate is 27th August 2018. For the professional courses, i.e. M.Arch, M.HMCT, the last date prescribed is 19th August 2018. For ready reference, the chart indicating the name of the course and details as per the Ordinance dated 24th June 2018 prescribing last dates for submission of caste validity certificate by the candidates post-wise is recorded as below:
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No Name of the Course As per Ordinance dated 24th June 2018 last date for Submission of Caste Validity Certificate of Candidate (Coursewise) Cut off date of admission BE/B.Tech 10/08/18 14/08/2018 B.Pharmacy/ Pharm D.
10/08/18 14/08/2018 B.Arch 10/08/18 14/08/2018 B.HMCT 10/08/18 14/08/2018 MBA/MMS 10/08/18 14/08/2018 MCA 19/08/2018 25/08/2018 ME/M.Tech 27/08/2018 M.Pharm 27/08/2018 M.Arch 19/08/2018 M.HMCT 19/08/2018 DSE 30/08/2018 DSP 30/08/2018 Post SSC Diploma 25/08/2018 28/08/2018 Post HSC Diploma 26/08/2018 28/08/2018 Direct Second Year Diploma 23/08/2018 28/08/2018
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Considering this aspect, the ends of justice would be that directing the concerned Scrutiny Committees to take decisions in respect of caste validation proposal of each of the petitioner in observance of the procedure in the relevant rules, as expeditiously as possible, preferably before 5th August 2018 and it is accordingly directed.
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The petitioners before us undertake to co-operate the Scrutiny Committee in expeditious disposal of the validation proceedings. 4.
With the directions as above, Writ Petitions are disposed of. ( A.M. DHAVALE, J.) ( R.M. BORDE, J.) vvr