1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 5185 OF 2010 Yusuf Khan Musa Khan Pathan, Age : 41 Years, Occu. : Service, R/o Shahunagar, Beed, Tq. & Dist. Beed. .. .. Petitioner Versus 1. The Zilla Parishad, Beed, through its Chief Executive Officer. 2. The Committee for Scrutiny and Verification of Tribe Claims, Aurangabad Division, Aurangabad. .. .. Respondents Shri S. R. Barlinge, Advocate for the Petitioner. Shri U. B. Bondar, Advocate for the Respondent No. 1. Shri U. S. Malte, Advocate for the Respondent No. 2. Shri S. K. Tambe, A.G.P. for the Respondent/State. CORAM : P. V. HARDAS AND N. D. DESHPANDE, JJ. DATE : 17TH JUNE, 2010. ORAL JUDGMENT ( PER P. V. HARDAS, J ) : . Rule. Rule returnable forthwith. With the consent of 2 learned counsel for the parties this petition is heard finally at the stage of admission. 02. By this petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner prays for quashing and setting aside the impugned communication dated 14.05.2010, calling upon the petitioner to submit the validity certificate, failing which his services were likely to be terminated. Undisputedly, the caste claim is pending before the respondent No. 2/Scrutiny Committee and in that light of the matter, therefore, according to us the insistance on behalf of respondent No. 1 for production of validity certificate is unjustifiable. 03. We accordingly, allow this petition and quash and set aside the impugned communication and direct the respondent No. 1 not to take any adverse action against the petitioner during the pendency of the verification proceedings before the Scrutiny Committee. We further direct the petitioner to appear before the Scrutiny Committee on 29.06.2010 and direct the Committee to decide the pending caste claim of the petitioner within six months of 29.06.2010. 04. Rule is thus made absolute on the above terms with no 3 order as to costs. Copy duly authenticated by Sheristedar of this Court be provided to the parties to act upon. [ N. D. DESHPANDE, J.] [ P. V. HARDAS, J.] bsb/June 10