1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 4531 OF 2008 Pramod S/o Shamrao Khadilkar .. Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Maharashtra and others .. Respondents Shri A. S. Bayas, Advocate for the Petitioner. Shri D. R. Kale, A.G.P. for the Respondent No. 1. Shri P. S. Patil, Advocate for the Respondent No. 2. Shri M. S. Sonawane Patil, Advocate for the Respondent No. 3. CORAM : NARESH H. PATIL, AND N. D. DESHPANDE, JJ. DATE : 05TH MAY, 2010. ORAL ORDER [Per NARESH H. PATIL, J. ] : . Heard. 2. The copy of proposal sent by the Chief Executive Officer, Zilla Parishad, Jalgaon, dated 12th December, 2007 in respect of petitioner Pramod Khadilkar has been placed on record. His 2 caste claim is to be verified by the Scrutiny Committee at Gadchiroli. Learned counsel for the committee submits that the Committee would decide the caste claim of the petitioner finally within six months from today. 3. We direct the Committee to decide the caste claim of the petitioner on its own merits within six months from today and communicate the order to the employer. 4. The petitioner shall appear before the Committee on 08th June, 2010 at 11.00 a.m. The petitioner shall cooperate with the Committee for disposal of the caste claim. For a period of six months from today, the Zilla Parishad Jalgaon, shall not take any adverse action of dismissing the petitioner from service for want of validity certificate. The writ petition is disposed of. 5. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is suffering from blood cancer. If this is the fact, then the petitioner could appear through lawyer on 08th June, 2010 before the Committee. In case the petitioner wants to waive his right due to illness for personal hearing, then the petitioner may file written statement/written argument through his lawyer or 3 directly to the Committee under Registered Post Acknowledgement Due. [ N. D. DESHPANDE, J.] [NARESH H. PATIL, J.] bsb/May 10