JUDGMENT :

A.S. Chandurkar, J.

1. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith and heard the learned counsel for the parties.

2. The petitioner who is a student has obtained Diploma in Polytechnic. He was admitted in the second year of Bachelor of Engineering (BE) (Civil) course in the academic session 2018-2019. Since the petitioner claimed that he belongs to ‘Kunbi’ Other Backward Class (OBC) category, he had sought verification of his caste claim by making an application in that regard on 13.07.2018 to the Scrutiny Committee. When that process was pending the petitioner through the Admissions Regulating Authority-respondent no.2 was granted admission at the respondent no.5-College affiliated with the respondent no.4-University. On 27.12.2018 the Joint Director of Technical Education informed the Principals of all the concerned colleges in Nagpur Division that deficiencies in the admission forms of the students who were admitted for the academic session 2018-2019 be directed to be removed by 31.12.2018. Insofar as the College where the petitioner was admitted, the Admissions Regulating Authority (ARA) on 11.01.2019 informed the College that such discrepancies in respect of two students incl