(1) WP 6790.2011 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 6790 OF 2011 Pandurang Pundlik Wagh PETITIONER VERSUS Scheduled Tribe Certificate Scrutiny Committee, Nandurbar and ors. RESPONDENTS ..... Mr. A.B. Madke, Advocate h/f. Mr. Mahesh S. Deshmukh, Advocate for the Petitioner. Mr. K.S. Patil, A.G.P. for the Respondent-State. Mr. P.S. Patil, Standing Counsel for the respondent no.1 ..... CORAM : B.R. GAVAI AND M.T. JOSHI, JJ. DATED : 8TH SEPTEMBER, 2011 ORAL ORDER: 1. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith. Heard by consent. 2. The petitioner has approached this Court with a grievance that though the respondent no.1-Committee has not decided the caste of the petitioner for grant of validity certificate, respondent no.2 vide communication dated 13.7.2011 has contemplated termination of the petitioner's services if the (2) WP 6790.2011 validity certificate is not issued within a period of two months from the date of the said communication. 3. As to within how much time, the validity certificate should be issued is not in the hands of the petitioner. Petitioner cannot be faulted with, if there is any delay on account of the respondent no.-1 in issuing the validity certificate. 4. Rule is therefore made absolute by allowing the Petition in the following terms:- I) Communication dated 13.7.2011 issued by the respondent no.2-Collector is quashed and set aside. II) Respondent no.1-Committee shall decide the claim of the petitioner within a period of six months from today. III) Till the decision of the respondent no.1- Committee, no adverse action would be taken against the petitioner. IV) In the event the order passed by the respondent no.1-Committee is adverse to the interests of the petitioner, the same shall not be given effect (3) WP 6790.2011 to for a period of four (4) weeks from the receipt of its communication by the petitioner. Sd/- Sd/- [M. T. JOSHI, J.] [B. R. GAVAI, J.] arp/