IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE WRIT PETITION NO.2262 OF 2005 Pramod Prabhakar Ahire : Petitioner V/s. State of Maharashtra & Ors. : Respondents ... Mr.R. K. Mendadkar with Ms Helen K. Koli­Mandlik for the petitioner. Mr.R. D. Rane, Additional Government Pleader for the respondents. ... CORAM : DALVEER BHANDARI, C.J. & S.A. BOBDE, J. DATE : APRIL 7, 2005. P.C.: 1. The petitioner submitted that he had applied for Caste Validity Certificate before the Caste Scrutiny Committee, Nasik Division, Nasik, in October 2004. The Certificate has not yet been issued. We request the said Committee to scrutinise the case of the petitioner and decide the same within a period of three months from today. The petitioner is directed to appear before the Committee on 20.4.2005 at 11 a.m. Respondent no.3 is directed to maintain status quo as on today in regard to the service of the petitioner . No further directions are necessary. 2. This petition is, accordingly, disposed. Sd/­ CHIEF JUSTICE Sd/­ S.A. BOBDE, J.