1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY, BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO.3232 OF 2010 1. Ramesh s/o Navnath Karad Age-30 years, Occ.Service, At present 220 KV sub-Station, Amalner, Dist. Jalgaon 2. Sanjay s/o Raosaheb Ghule, Age-29 years, Occ.Service At present 220 KV sub-Station, Amalner, Dist. Jalgaon ..PETITIONERS VERSUS 1. The Executive Engineer (Operation & Maintenance) MSETCL, Chalisgaon, Dist. Jalgaon 2. The Member Secretary Divisional Caste Scrutiny Committee, Latur ..RESPONDENTS Mr U.B. Bondar, Advocate for the petitioners; Mr S.M. Godsay, Advocate for respondent no.1; Mr S.V. Kurundkar, Addl. G.P. for respondent no.2 CORAM : P.V. HARDAS AND S.V. GANGAPURWALA, JJ DATE : 20th April, 2010 ORAL JUDGMENT [ PER P.V.HARDAS , J ] 2 Rule. Rule returnable forthwith. With the consent of learned Counsel for the parties this petition is heard finally at the stage of admission. 2. The petitioners came to be appointed with the respondents on a post which was reserved for reserved candidates. The petitioners had assured that the validity certificate would be produced by them within three months. The claim of the petitioners has been referred to the respondent - Scrutiny Committee for verification and according to the petitioners, for no fault of theirs, the said claim is pending. Meanwhile the petitioners apprehend that they are likely to be terminated on account of the failure of the respondent - Scrutiny Committee to decide the caste claim of the petitioners within a particular time. 3. In that view of the matter, therefore, we allow this petition as according to us the petitioners cannot be faulted for the delay which has occasioned in the Scrutiny Committee not deciding the caste claim of the petitioners expeditiously. We, therefore, direct the petitioners to appear before the respondent - Scrutiny Committee on 26.4.2010 and direct the Scrutiny Committee to decide the caste claim of the petitioners within three months of 26.4.2010. Meanwhile, we direct respondent no.1 not to take any coercive action like termination of service of the petitioners for 3 failure of the petitioners to submit the validity certificate. 4. Rule is thus made absolute on the above terms with no order as to costs. ( S.V. GANGAPURWALA ) ( P.V.HARDAS ) JUDGE JUDGE amj/wp3232.10