1 FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET NO. IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO.1574 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. P.V. Jadhavar, Advocate for the petitioner. Learned A.G.P. for respondent No.1 & 2. CORAM : A.M. KHANWILKAR, AND S.S. SHINDE, JJ. DATE : 2ND MARCH, 2010 The petitioner has been selected on the post of Senior Clerk from O.B.C. Category and the Selection Authority has directed him to submit the caste validity certificate on or before 23-02-2010. It is the contention of the petitioner that the Selection Committee cannot issue appointment order in favour of the petitioner in case the caste validity certificate is not submitted before the said authority. 2 It is not in dispute that the petitioner has already submitted his claim for verification to the Scrutiny Committee is not in dispute. It is also not in dispute that Scrutiny Committee failed to decide caste claim of the petitioner. That reason is beyond the control of the petitioner. The petitioner cannot be blamed for the inaction of the Scrutiny Committee. Caste Scrutiny Committee, on the other hand, expressed inability to decide due to pressure of work. 2. The petitioner apprehends that due to inaction of the Committee, the selection process selecting the petitioner in particular is likely to be scrapped by the respondent No.2 and its Officers and till the validity certificate is submitted, he will not get appointment order. 3. In the circumstances, we dispose of 3 this petition with direction to the respondent No.3 Committee to finally decide the caste claim of the petitioner not later than three months from today and till final decision is taken by the Committee, the selection of the petitioner as per communication dated 12-01-2010 shall be kept valid and be processed thereafter on the basis of the decision of the Committee in accordance with law. 4. The petition is disposed of on the above terms. ( S.S. SHINDE, J. ) (A.M. KHANWILKAR,J.) sut/MAR10/wp1574.10