WP 4926/11 1 FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET NO. IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE, BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO.4926/2011 Laxman Vyankati Shahane V/s The State & others. _______________________________________________________ Office Notes, Office | Memoranda of Coram, | Court's or Judge's orders appearances, Court's | orders or directions | and Registrar's orders | Shri Ravindra Nirmal, Advocate for petitioner. Smt.V.A. Shinde, AGP for respondent nos.1 & 2. CORAM: D.B. BHOSALE & S.B. DESHMUKH, JJ. Date: 09.08.2011 Heard learned counsel for the respective parties. The petitioner in the present writ petition has made the following prayers: “(B) By allowing this writ petition, respondent no.2 may be directed to decide the caste validity claim of the petitioner which WP 4926/11 2 is pending since 22.09.2010 within stipulated period. (C) Pending the hearing and final disposal of this writ petition, respondent no.1 Collector may be directed to not to take any adverse action against the petitioner.” Learned counsel for the petitioner, on instructions, does not press the prayer clause (C) in the writ petition and seeks direction to the scrutiny committee to decide the petitioner’s caste claim within time frame. The petitioner’s caste claim is pending before the caste scrutiny committee since September, 2010. In view thereof, we dispose of this writ petition by the following order. The scrutiny committee shall endeavour to decide the petitioner’s caste claim as expeditiously as possible and preferably within a period of six months from the date of receipt of this order. The petitioner is directed to produce copy of this order before the concerned scrutiny committee within a period of three weeks WP 4926/11 3 from today. With these observations, the petition is disposed of. (S.B. Deshmukh, J.) (D.B. Bhosale, J.) Dt/- 09.08.2011 ndk/c981115