1 UNREPORTED IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD. WRIT PETITION NO.8687 OF 2009. Smt.Meenatai Sheshrao Bute. ... Petitioner. Versus The Zilla Parishad, Aurangabad and others ... Respondents. ... Mr.S.R.Barlinge, advocate for the petitioner. Mr.S.K.Tambe, Asstt. Govt.Pleader for the State. ... CORAM : P.V.HARDAS AND : S.V.GANGAPURWALA,JJ. Date : 19.03.2010. ORAL JUDGMENT (Per P.V.Hardas,J.) 1. Rule. Rule returnable forthwith. With the consent of the learned counsel for the petitioner, this petition is heard finally at the admission stage. 2 2. By this petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner prays for issuance of appropriate writ for striking down the letter/notice issued by the Respondents which is annexed to the petition at Exh.B. The petitioner also prays for issuance of writ of Mandamus directing the Respondents not to take any adverse action against the petitioner for failure of the petitioner to produce the validity certificate from the Respondent Scrutiny Committee. 3. By the aforesaid impugned communication, the petitioner was directed to produce validity certificate within seven (7) days, failing which the services of the petitioner are likely to be affected. Indisputably, the petitioner came to be appointed somewhere in June 2001 and has been in continuous service. The claim of the petitioner has been referred to the Scrutiny Committee and the said claim is pending. Since the petitioner is not at fault in the decision of the Caste claim of the 3 petitioner, we are inclined to allow this Writ Petition. 4. We have heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr.U.B.Bondar, learned advocate accepts notice on behalf of Respondent Nos.1,2 and 3 and Mr.P.S.Patil, learned advocate who accepts notice on behalf of the Respondent Nos.4 and 5. 5. We accordingly, allow the petition and direct the Scrutiny Committee, to decide the pending Caste claim of the petitioner within a period of ten (10) months from the communication of the decision. 6. In the meanwhile, we also direct the Respondents not to initiate any adverse action against the petitioner solely on the ground that the Caste claim of the petitioner is invalidated. We further direct the petitioner to appear before the Scrutiny Committee, Nandurbar on 30.3.2010. 7. Rule is thus made absolute on the above 4 terms with no order as to costs. (S.V.GANGAPURWALA,J.) (P.V.HARDAS,J.) asp/office/wp868709