FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET NO. IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 6416 OF 2011 "Priti Sitaram Thakur Vs. The State of Maharashtra and others." Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram appearances, Court's Orders Court's or Judge's orders or directions and Registrar's orders. 1 Mr. A.H. Koralkar, Advocate for petitioner. Mr. K.S. Patil, AGP for respondent Nos. 1 & 3. Mr. Amol S. Sawant, Advocate for respondent No.4. Mr. S.S. Tope, Advocate for respondent No.2. CORAM :- B.R. GAVAI & M.T. JOSHI, JJ. DATE :- 10TH OCTOBER, 2011. PER COURT :- 1] Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith. Herd by consent. 2] By way of present petition, the petitioner challenges the order dated 16th August, 2011 passed by the respondent NO. 4, terminating the services of the petitioner on the ground of non submission of validity certificate. 3] It is not in the hand of the petitioner, as to within how much time, the respondent No.2 committee should decide the claim of the petitioner. The petitioner cannot be penalized on account of inaction on the part of the respondent No.2 committee, in not deciding the claim of the petitioner within a reasonable time. FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET NO. IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 6416 OF 2011 "Priti Sitaram Thakur Vs. The State of Maharashtra and others." Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram appearances, Court's Orders Court's or Judge's orders or directions and Registrar's orders. 2 4] In that view of the matter the petition is allowed. The impugned order dated 16th August, 2011 is quashed and set aside. The petitioner is directed to be reinstated within a period of two weeks from today. [ii] It is made clear that since the termination is set aside the petitioner would be entitled to continuity of service alongwith payment of wages for the period during which he was out of employment on account of the impugned termination order. [iii] Respondent No.2 Committee is directed to decide the claim of the petitioner within six months. [iv] Till the decision of the respondent No.2 committee and for a further period of 4 weeks from the date of receipt of the communication, in case the order of the committee goes adverse to the interest of the petitioner, no coercive action would be taken against the petitioner on the ground of non submission of validity certificate. [M.T. JOSHI,J.] [B.R. GAVAI, J.] grt/-