WP 735/11 - 1 - IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO.735/2011 Sulochana Shankarrao Deshmukh, age 36 yrs., occu.student, r/o Saibaba Medical & General Stores, at Kawatha Tq.Kandhar Dist.Nanded. ...Petitioner.. Versus 1] Maharashtra State Power Generation Company Ltd., through its Chief General Manager (Technical), Dharawi Road, Matunga, Mumbai. 2] The Divisional Caste Certificate Verification Committee, Committee No.2, Near ICICI Bank, Ausa Road, Latur. Through its Member Secretary. ...Respondents... ..... Shri M.D. Narwadkar, Advocate for petitioner. Shri S.M. Godsay, Advocate for respondent no.1. Shri B.V. Wagh, AGP for respondent no.2. ..... CORAM: D.B. BHOSALE & M.T. JOSHI, JJ. DATE: 18.04.2011 PER COURT : WP 735/11 - 2 - 1] Heard learned counsel for the parties. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith for final disposal at the stage of admission with the consent of learned counsel for the parties. 2] By this writ petition, the petitioner is seeking direction to respondent no.2 - Divisional Caste Certificate Verification Committee to decide the petitioner's caste claim within time frame. The petitioner has been selected as Chemist by respondent no.1 on the post reserved for Other Backward Class. Since the petitioner has not produced caste verification certificate issued by respondent no. 2, respondent no.1 has not issued appointment letter till this date. The petitioner's caste claim is pending before respondent no.2 - committee since September, 2010. This Court is informed that the next date of hearing before the caste certificate verification committee is fixed on 27.5.2011. We are informed that the selection list is valid for a period of one year, which is expiring in August, 2011. Keeping that in view and considering overall facts and circumstances of the case, we are satisfied with the following order shall meet the ends of justice. 3] Respondent no.2-committee shall decide the petitioner's caste claim as expeditiously as possible and preferably on or before 31.7.2011 on merits in accordance with law. We hope that respondent no.1 shall not cancel the petitioner's selection till the end of August, 2011. It is needless to mention that the WP 735/11 - 3 - petitioner shall cooperate for disposal of his caste claim within the afore-mentioned time. With these observations, Rule is disposed of. No order as to costs. (M.T. JOSHI, J.) (D.B. BHOSALE, J.) ndk/184117