WP 1765/11 1 FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET NO. IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE, BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO.1765/2011 _______________________________________________________ Office Notes, Office | Memoranda of Coram, | Court's or Judge's orders appearances, Court's | orders or directions | and Registrar's orders | Shri A.H. Koralkar, Advocate for petitioner. Smt.A.V. Gondhalekar, AGP for respondent no.1. Shri R.P. Phatke, Advocate for respondent no.2. Shri S.S. Patil, Advocate for respondent no.3. CORAM: D.B. BHOSALE & M.T. JOSHI, JJ. Date: 05.04.2011 Heard learned counsel for the parties. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith. By consent of the learned counsel for the parties, the petition is heard for final disposal at the stage of admission. The petitioner has received notice dated 17.2.2011 issued by respondent no.2 informing him that if he does not get his caste claim decided by the scrutiny committee on or before 28.2.2011, his services would be WP 1765/11 2 terminated without further notice. There is no dispute that the caste certificate of the petitioner is forwarded to respondent no.2 – scrutiny committee in August, 2010. Till this date, the scrutiny committee has not decided validity of the caste certificate of the petitioner. In view thereof, the petitioner has also prayed for direction to respondent no.2 – scrutiny committee to decide his caste claim within time frame. Having considered overall facts and circumstances of the case, we are satisfied that this petition can be conveniently disposed of by the following order. Respondent no.2 – scrutiny committee shall decide caste claim of the petitioner as expeditiously as possible and preferably within a period of one year from today. Learned counsel for respondent no.2 – scrutiny committee is directed to communicate this order to the scrutiny committee within a period of two weeks from today. Pending the hearing and final disposal WP 1765/11 3 of the caste claim of the petitioner before respondent no.2 – scrutiny committee, respondent no.3 shall not terminate his services pursuant to the notice dated 17.2.2011 issued to the petitioner. If the order passed by the scrutiny committee is adverse to the petitioner, the same shall remain stayed for a period of 15 days from the date of the order. It is open to respondent no.3 – bank to take appropriate action, if caste certificate of the petitioner is invalidated by respondent no. 2 – scrutiny committee. Rule is accordingly disposed of in terms of above order. No order as to costs. (M.T. Joshi, J.) (D.B. Bhosale, J.) Dt/- 01.04.2011 ndk/c54114