- 1 - IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.3104 OF 2008 ... Vilas Namdev Ketkar ...Petitioner v/s. State of Maharashtra & ors. ...Respondents ... Mr.R.K.Mendadkar with Ms.H.K.Mandlik for the Petitioner. Mr.V.P.Malvankar, AGP for State. ... CORAM: D.K.DESHMUKH & J.P.DEVADHAR, JJ. DATED: 26TH AUGUST, 2008 P.C.: 1. The Petitioner secured appointment in the Municipal Corporation on the basis of caste - 2 - certificate issued by the Executive Magistrate certifying that he belongs to Mahadeo Koli scheduled tribe. This certificate was sent for scrutiny to the scrutiny committee. The scrutiny committee passed an order and communicated it to the Petitioner in April, 2006 holding that the caste certificate of the Petitioner is not valid. The Petitioner did not take any steps to challenge that order. Ultimately, the Municipal Corporation terminated his services by order dated 4-2-2008. 2. The Petitioner has filed the present Petition in the month of March, 2008 challenging the order of the scrutiny committee and the only explanation for the latches is that because his employer did not act on the order of the scrutiny committee he did not challenge the same. This cannot be the explanation for the inordinate delay involved in approaching the court. The Petition, therefore, cannot be entertained in the extra-ordinary jurisdiction of this court under the Constitution. Petition disposed of. (D.K.DESHMUKH, J.) - 3 - (J.P.DEVADHAR, J.)