: 1 : IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 7488 OF 2009 Shri Jagjeevan Ganopati Modhoriye ... Petitioner Vs 1. Block Development Officer, Panchayat Samiti, Vadgaon Maval, Tal. Maval & 5 ors. ... Respondents Mr. V.V. Kanade with Ms. Jai V. Kanade for the petitioner. Mr. C.R. Sonawane, AGP, for the respondents No.5 and 6. CORAM: S.B. MHASE & R.M. SAVANT, JJ. DATED : 31ST AUGUST, 2009. P.C.: 1. Heard Mr. V.V. Kanade, learned counsel for the petitioner. 2. The petitioner was appointed as a Gramsevak on 30th December, 1996 in the reserved post of Scheduled Tribe on production of his Caste Certificate which is at Exhibit-B to the Petition dated 9th July, 1993, wherein his caste has been shown as “ST-Thakur”. The said certificate was produced before the respondent. It appears from the letter dated 23rd July, 2009, that the Block Development Officer of the Panchayat Samiti, Maval, has : 2 : referred the said certificate to the Scrutiny Committee for carrying out enquiry in respect of validation. Thereafter, the letter has been issued on 15th July, 2009, directing the petitioner to obtain the validation prior to 25th July, 2009, otherwise his services will be terminated. Therefore, the petitioner is before this court. 3. Since the claim is pending before the Scrutiny Committee, we direct the Scrutiny Committee to dispose of the said enquiry within a period of 12 weeks from the date of receipt of this order. The Scrutiny Committee shall make a Vigilance Cell enquiry and thereafter if the Vigilance Cell report is adverse to the petitioner, a copy of the same shall be served on the petitioner to enable the petitioner to meet the said report. The matter shall be decided within the above referred stipulated time. Till 13 weeks, the respondent shall not terminate the services of the petitioner. The petitioner shall cooperate with the Scrutiny Committee for early disposal of the matter. 4. Petition, accordingly, stands disposed of. Sd/- Sd/- (R.M. SAVANT, J.) (S.B. MHASE, J.)