Akash Kedar Dudhambe v. The State Of Maharashtra Through Its Principal Secretary And Others

WP No.8074/2022

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

BENCH AT AURANGABAD 981 WRIT PETITION NO.8074 OF 2022 AKASH KEDAR DUDHAMBE

VERSUS

THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THROUGH ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY AND OTHERS ...

Advocate for Petitioner : Mr. O.B. Boinwad AGP for Respondent/State : Mr. S.G. Karlekar ...

CORAM : RAVINDRA V. GHUGE & ARUN R. PEDNEKER, JJ.

DATED : AUGUST 04, 2022.

PER COURT :

1.

By this petition, the petitioner has put forth prayer clause 'B' as under :- B) By issuing appropriate writ, order or direction in like of nature the Respondent Nos. 2 and 3 (College and University) may kindly be directed to issue internship completion certificate, Degree Certificate and all original necessary documents to the petitioner. 2.

We are informed that in earlier proceedings viz. Writ Petition no. 6639/2022 filed by Shubham Umakant Ghante Vs. The State of Maharashtra and others, decided on 30th June 2022, the Maharashtra University of Health Science has made a statement that the University has issued a circular to all the medical colleges, not to withhold the internship certificate, on the ground that the validation claims are pending.

WP No.8074/2022 3.

The claim of the petitioner, seeking validation of his 'Koli Mahadev' scheduled tribe category is pending for more than five years. The learned AGP submits that the Vigilance Inquiry Report would be ready by 30th August, 2022 and served upon the petitioner within one week thereafter.

4.

In view of the above, this petition is disposed off, with the following directions :- A) Respondent no. 3 - Medical College shall release the internship completion certificate and other original documents, on or before 25th August, 2022.

B) The degree certificate of the petitioner shall be withheld by the University until his claim is adjudicated upon. C) Considering the statement of the learned AGP that the Vigilance Inquiry Report would be delivered in the first week of September 2022, the petitioner would appear before the competent committee on 19th September, 2022 along with written submissions and address the committee.

D) The committee shall deliver it's order in the pending proceedings, on or before 10th October, 2022. [ARUN R. PEDNEKER J.] [RAVINDRA V. GHUGE, J.] SSC/