(1) wp3839-11 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 3839 OF 2011 Shaikh Asaf Shaikh Noor & others PETITIONERS VERSUS The Scheduled Tribe Certificate Scrutiny Committee, Aurangabad & another RESPONDENTS ..... Mr. Pratap V. Jadhavar, advocate for the Petitioners. Mrs. A.V. Gondhalekar, A.G.P. for the Respondent-State. ..... CORAM : B.R. GAVAI AND M.T. JOSHI, JJ. DATED : 22nd AUGUST, 2011 ORAL ORDER: 1. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith by consent. 2. By way of present petition, the petitioner challenges the order/notice dated 29th March, 2011, passed by Respondent No. 2 whereby the petitioner has been informed that in the event the petitioner does not furnish the Caste Validity Certificate within the stipulated period, his services shall stand terminated. (2) wp3839-11 3. Mrs. A.V. Gondhalekar, learned A.G.P. submits that the claim of the petitioner could not be decided as the petitioner is not cooperating. 4. In any event, the claim of the petitioner is pending before the Respondent No. 1 Committee for decision. In that view of the matter, we find that the impugned communication is not sustainable. The petition is, therefore, disposed of with the following directions. (i) The impugned communication dated 29th March, 2011 is quashed and set aside. (ii) The petitioner shall appear before the Respondent No. 1 Committee on 25th August, 2011 and cooperate with the Committee. (iii) The Respondent No. 1 Committee shall decide the claim of the petitioner within a period of three months from the date of appearance of the petitioner. (iv) It is directed that till the decision by the Respondent No. 1 Committee and in the event the order that would be passed by the Committee is adverse to (3) wp3839-11 the interest of the petitioner, the same shall not be given effect to for a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of the communication by the Respondent No. 1 Committee. [M.T. JOSHI, J.] [B.R. GAVAI, J.] npj/wp3839-11