1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY, NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR WRIT PETITION No.485 OF 2011 (Liladhar G. Nipane ..vs.. Zilla Parishad, Bhandara and others) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders Court's or Judge's order of directions and Registrar's orders ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CORAM:- D.D. SINHA AND A.P. BHANGALE, JJ. DATED :- 31 st JANUARY, 2011 Heard Shri Rajeev Madkholkar, learned Counsel for the petitioner and Shri A.Y. Kapgate, learned Counsel for respondent Nos. 2 and 3. 2. Apart from the other issues, the main grievance of the petitioner is that the petitioner after being appointed on the post of Multipurpose Help Worker, submitted his Caste Certificate along with the other relevant documents to respondent No.1-Zilla Parishad, Bhandara. It is submitted that as per sub-section(3) of Section 6 of the Maharashtra Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribes, De- Notified Tribes (Vimukta Jatis), Nomadic Tribes, Other Backward Classes and Special Backward Category (Regulation of Issuance and Verification of) Caste Certificate Act, 2000, it is the responsibility of the employer to get the Caste Certificate verified by the competent Caste Scrutiny Committee. It is submitted that in the instant case, 2 the respondent-employer failed to do so, therefore, the petitioner cannot be blamed for the same. 3. The learned Counsel for respondent Nos.2 and 3 has disputed the said fact and submits that the petitioner has not submitted his Caste Certificate along with other relevant documents either to the Zilla Parishad, Bhandara or to Zilla Parishad, Gondia. He further submits that if the petitioner submits his Caste Certificate as well as other relevant documents in support thereof, the claim of the petitioner shall be forwarded to the Caste Scrutiny Committee. 4. The learned Counsel for the petitioner undertakes to submit the copy of the Caste Certificate as well as other relevant documents in support thereof to the Zilla Parishad, Gondia within a period of fifteen days from today. 5. In the circumstances, we direct the Zilla Parishad, Gondia to forward the Caste claim of the petitioner to the appropriate Caste Scrutiny Committee, which is directed to take a decision in accordance with law and procedure applicable in this regard on its own merits, at the earliest. Till then the services of the petitioner may not be disturbed. With these observations, the writ petition is disposed of. JUDGE JUDGE pma