1 FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET NO. IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO.516 OF 2010 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Office Notes, Office Memoranda of | Coram, appearances, Court’s orders | Court’s or Judge’s or directions and Registrar’s | orders orders | ----------------------------------------------------------------- Mr. A.H. Koralkar, Advocate for the petitioner. Learned A.G.P. for respondent No.1. Mr. P.S. Patil, Advocate for respondent No.2. CORAM : A.M. KHANWILKAR, AND S.S. SHINDE, JJ. DATE : 2ND MARCH, 2010 None appears for respondent No.3 though served. 2. The petitioner was appointed as a Peon against reserved category. The petitioner submitted caste claim for verification before the Caste Scrutiny Committee which is still pending. The fact that it is still pending, is not in dispute. 2 3. The petitioner apprehends that respondent No.3 would take adverse action against the petitioner for non production of the caste validity certificate. Since the claim of the petitioner is yet to be considered by the Committee, the petitioner cannot be blamed for the inaction of the Committee. 4. Accordingly, we dispose of this petition with direction to respondent No. 2 to decide the caste claim of the petitioner, as expeditiously as possible, in any case not later than six months from today. Till the validity of the caste certificate of the petitioner is finally decided by the Committee, the respondents shall not precipitate the matter any further. 5. The petitioner to appear in the office of Scrutiny Committee on 3 12-03-2010 at 11-00 a.m. on which date, the Committee may schedule the date of hearing of the caste claim of the petitioner. The petitioner shall extend full co-operation for final disposal of his caste claim. In the event, if the order is adverse against the petitioner, no precipitative steps shall be taken against the petitioner for period of two weeks from the date of communication of the said order, to the petitioner. 6. The petition is disposed of on the above terms. ( S.S. SHINDE, J. ) (A.M. KHANWILKAR,J.) sut/MAR10/wp516.10