MAMASAHEB MAHADEO PADULE vs SONAJIRAO KSHIRSAGAR HOMOEPATHY MEDICAL COLLEGE, BEED AND ORS

1. Rule. Rule is made returnable forthwith. Heard finally by the consent of the parties. 2. This Petition is filed by a student aspiring for the Post Graduation – M.D.(Homeopathic) Course. The Petitioner is seeking directions to the Respondent No. 1 - College and the Respondent No. 2 - State Common Entrance Test (CET) Cell to keep his seat reserved and further directions to admit him to the said Course under reserved category. The Petitioner belongs to Dhangar (29) Caste - Nomadic Tribe (C). The caste certificate dated 06/08/1997 bearing no. 216/1997 was issued by the concerned Sub- Divisional Officer certifying that the Petitioner belongs to the said tribe. The concerned Scrutiny Committee on 14/10/1999 issued the Validity Certificate to the Petitioner. However, the number of the Caste Certificate stated in the Validity Certificate was different from the Caste Certificate issued to the Petitioner. For this reason, the Petitioner was found ineligible in continuing with admission to the said post graduate course. 3. Notices were issued in this Petition on 14/11/2024 and the Petitioner akn 2 WP.16746.2024 C.doc was permitted to continue his education, subject to the outcome of the Pe