1 FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET NO. IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE, BENCH AT AURANGABAD. WRIT PETITION NO.:3728 OF 2011 Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court’s orders or directions Court’s or Judge’s orders. and Registrar’s orders. WRIT PETITION NO.:3728 OF 2011 *** Urmila Vaijnath Kolle VERSUS The State Of Maharashtra And Ors *** Mr. Swami Mahesh C., Advocate for Petitioner Mr. V. D. Godbharle, A.G.P. for Respondent Nos.1 and 3. *** 1. Heard learned counsel for the Petitioner, learned A.G.P. for Respondent Nos.1 to 3. None appears for Respondent Nos. 4 and 5, though served. 2. We have perused the prayers made in the writ petition. The petitioner is seeking direction to the scrutiny committee to decide her caste claim within time frame and, in the meantime, direction to the Respondent Nos.4 and 5 not to take any adverse action/ decision including termination of her service or stoppage of payment of salary, pending the hearing and final disposal of her caste claim before the scrutiny committee. 2 FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET NO. IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE, BENCH AT AURANGABAD. WRIT PETITION NO.:3728 OF 2011 Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court’s orders or directions Court’s or Judge’s orders. and Registrar’s orders. 3. There is no dispute that the petitioner's caste claim is pending before Respondent No.2 Scrutiny Committee since 2009. It appears that Respondent No.5 vide letter dated 23rd March, 2011 had requested the petitioner to remove certain deficiencies in her application and/ or to submit documents in support of her claim, pending before the scrutiny committee. It is not clear whether the petitioner has removed the deficiencies or complied with the directions. Keeping that in view and considering the prayers made in the writ petition, and considering the interim order passed by this Court on 27th May, 2011, we are satisfied that the following order shall made the ends of justice: (a) Respondent No.2 Scrutiny Committee shall endeavor to decide the petitioner's caste claim as expeditiously as possible and preferably within a period of eight months 3 FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET NO. IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE, BENCH AT AURANGABAD. WRIT PETITION NO.:3728 OF 2011 Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court’s orders or directions Court’s or Judge’s orders. and Registrar’s orders. from the date of receipt of this order. The petitioner is directed to appear before the Scrutiny Committee on 22nd August, 2011 at 11.00 a.m. along with all the documents in support of her caste claim. If the petitioner is directed by the committee to comply with any other formality including submission of documents, the petitioner shall comply with the same within a period of six weeks from the date of such order/ direction, failing which it would be open to the scrutiny committee to pass appropriate order. (b) The interim protection granted by order dated 27th May, 2011 shall remain operative till the petitioner's caste claim is finally decided by the scrutiny committee. The relevant portion of the order dated 27th May, 2011 reads thus: "2. Till the next date no adverse action be taken against the petitioner on the ground that 4 FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET NO. IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE, BENCH AT AURANGABAD. WRIT PETITION NO.:3728 OF 2011 Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court’s orders or directions Court’s or Judge’s orders. and Registrar’s orders. the caste validity proceedings are not yet decided. (c) With these observations the petition is disposed of. [S. B. DESHMUKH, J.] [D. B. BHOSALE, J.] Dated:25/07/2011. ans/3728