WP 7686/11 1 FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET NO. IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE, BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO.7686/2011 Jayant Nawal Sonis V/s The State & others. _______________________________________________________ Office Notes, Office | Memoranda of Coram, | Court's or Judge's orders appearances, Court's | orders or directions | and Registrar's orders | Shri S.R. Barlinge, Advocate for petitioner. Shri K.S. Patil, AGP for respondent no.1. Shri D.B. Bhange, Advocate for respondent no.2. CORAM: B.R. GAVAI & M.T. JOSHI, JJ. Date: 03.10.2011 Heard learned counsel for the respective parties. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith and taken up for final disposal with the consent of learned counsel for the appearing parties. The limited grievance of the petitioner is that though his claim of belonging to scheduled tribe is pending before the respondent no.2 – committee and though for no fault of the petitioner, the respondent no.2 WP 7686/11 2 has not decided his claim, the petitioner has been served with the impugned communication. We find that the petitioner cannot be penalized on account of inaction on the part of the respondent no.2. Rule is, therefore, made absolute in the following terms. The respondent no.2 is directed to decide the claim of the petitioner as expeditiously as possible and in any case within a period of two months from today. It is further directed that the respondents shall not take any adverse action against the petitioner on the basis of the impugned order till the claim of the petitioner is decided by the respondent no.2 – committee. (M.T. Joshi, J.) (B.R. Gavai, J.) Dt/- 03.10.2011 ndk/c3101110