1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH : NAGPUR WRIT PETITION NO.301 OF 2008 (Shankar s/o Rajanna Sarkewar vs. Div. Controller) ___________________________________________________________________ Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders Court's or Judge's orders or directions and Registrar's orders. CORAM : D.D. SINHA AND SMT. VASANTI A. NAIK, JJ. DATED : FEBRUARY 12, 2008 Shri Phadnis, learned Counsel for the petitioner, seeks oral permission to implead Caste Scrutiny Committee as party respondent. Permission granted. Appropriate amendment in the cause title be carried out forthwith. Shri Puranik, learned Counsel waives notice for the newly added respondent Caste Scrutiny Committee. ------ Heard Shri Phadnis, learned Counsel for the petitioner, Shri Mehadia, learned Counsel for the respondent no.1, and Shri Puranik, learned Counsel for the respondent no.2. 2 At the outset, it is brought to the notice of this Court by Shri Mehadia, learned Counsel for the respondent no.1, that though petitioner was selected for the post of Driver (C) from reserved category, however, appointment order could not be issued for want of necessary caste validity certificate. It is submitted that caste claim of the petitioner is already referred to the Caste Scrutiny Committee for verification. However, till this date, the caste validity certificate is not submitted by the petitioner and, therefore, necessary orders could not be issued. Shri Phadnis, learned Counsel for the petitioner, states that caste claim of the petitioner is pending with the Caste Scrutiny Committee and therefore, caste validity certificate could not be submitted by the petitioner. In the backdrop of the above referred facts, we dispose of the petition with direction to the Caste Scrutiny Committee to dispose of the caste claim of the petitioner, if not decided earlier, on its own merits according to law and procedure applicable in this regard within a period of 3 three months from the date of communication of this order. JUDGE JUDGE khj khj