1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY, BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO.1874 OF 2010 Madansingh s/o Narayansingh Chauhan, Age 49 years, Occu.Service, R/o Kinwat, Taluka Kinwat, District Nanded .. PETITIONER VERSUS 1. Chief Executive Officer, Zilla Parishad, Nanded 2. The Chairman, Vimukta Jati, Nomadic Tribes and other Backward Class Caste Certificate Scrutiny Committee, Latur, Taluka and District Latur 3. The State of Maharashtra, Through Social Justice & Special Assistant Department, Mantralaya, Mumbai 32 .. RESPONDENTS Shri L.V.Sangit, Advocate for petitioner Shri S.V.Kurundkar, Additional Govt.Pleader for respondent No.2 and 3 CORAM : P.V. HARDAS AND S.V.GANGAPURWALA, JJ DATE : 26th March 2010 ORAL JUDGMENT (PER S.V.GANGAPURWALA, J.) 1. Rule. Rule returnable forthwith. With the consent of learned Counsel for the parties, the petition is taken up for final hearing at the stage of admission. 2 2. The petitioner is in service of the respondent No.1 since 17.1.2008. The caste claim of the petitioner has been referred to the Committee for verification and the same is pending. 3. In the present petition, the petitioner has prayed that the proposal of the petitioner’s caste claim be decided by the respondent No.2 expeditiously and also no adverse action be taken against him. 4. We hereby direct the respondent No.2 - scrutiny committee to decide the claim of the petitioner within a period of six months from today and till the said date no adverse action be taken against the petitioner by the respondents. The petitioner to appear before the Committee on 5th April 2010. ( S.V.GANGAPURWALA ) ( P.V.HARDAS ) JUDGE JUDGE (vvr/1874.10wp)