1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR. WRIT PETITION NO. 2109 OF 2008 (Sagar Laxman Chakinarpu .v. State of Maharashtra and others) Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram appearances, Court's orders or directions Court's or Judge's Orders and Registrar's orders. CORAM : D.D. SINHA AND PRASANNA B. VARALE, JJ. 15TH SEPTEMBER, 2008 Heard Shri Narayan Phadnis, the learned Counsel for the petitioner, Shri N.W. Sambre, the learned GP for the respondent No.1 and Shri S.R. Deshpande, the learned Counsel for the respondent Nos.2 and 3. The learned Counsel for the petitioner seeks permission to implead the Caste Scrutiny Committee, Nagpur as party-respondent. Permission granted. Appropriate amendment in the cause title be carried out forthwith. Shri N.W. Sambre, the learned Counsel waives notice on behalf of the newly added respondent. The learned Counsel for the petitioner states that in the instant petition, the petitioner was selected for the post of Forest Guard with effect from 13.02.2008. 2 One of the conditions of the selection was that the candidate belonging to the Scheduled Tribe shall not be appointed without submission of caste validity certificate. It is contended that since the caste certificate and the documents in support of his caste claim, normally are required to be forwarded by the department to the Caste Scrutiny Committee, the petitioner did not approach the Caste Scrutiny Committee directly. Shri S.R. Deshpande, the learned Counsel for the respondent/Forest Department has submitted that the submission of the validity certificate is necessary for issuing the order of appointment. The petitioner is entitled to approach the Caste Scrutiny Committee directly for verification of his caste claim. In the backdrop of the above referred facts, we dispose of the petition with liberty to the petitioner to approach the Caste Scrutiny Committee and submit the original caste certificate as well as other documentary evidence in support of his caste claim within a period of two weeks from today and we direct the Caste Scrutiny Committee to decide the caste claim of the petitioner in accordance with law within a period of three months after the receipt of the caste certificate and other documents. The selection of the petitioner need not be 3 disturbed till the decision is taken by the Caste Scrutiny Committee. JUDGE JUDGE *rrg.