1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 4927 OF 2010 Annasaheb S/o Apparao Ankush, Age : 33 Years, Occu. : Service, R/o Chopadachi Wadi, Tq. Georai, Dist. Beed. .. .. Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Maharashtra, its Secretary, Rural Development Department, Mantralaya, Mumbai. 2. The Committee for Scrutiny and Verification of Tribe Claims, Through its Dy. Director (Research), Aurangabad. 3. The Zilla Parishad, Beed, through It's Chief Executive Officer, Beed. .. .. Respondents Shri Aurn H. Koralkar, Advocate for the Petitioner. Shri N. B. Khandare, Govt. Pleader for the Respondent No. 1. Shri P. S. Patil, Advocate for the Respondent No. 2. Shri P. P. Dama, Advocate for the Respondent No. 3. 2 CORAM : P. V. HARDAS AND N. D. DESHPANDE, JJ. DATE : 09TH JUNE, 2010. ORAL JUDGMENT [Per P. V. HARDAS, J. ] : 01. Rule. Rule returnable forthwith. With the consent of learned counsel for the parties this petition is heard finally at the stage of admission. 02. By this petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner challenges the order dated 14.05.2010 issued by respondent No. 3 informing the petitioner to produce the caste validity certificate within two month, failing which the services of the petitioner would be terminated. The petitioner also prays for issuing a writ directing the Scrutiny Committee to decide the proceedings of verification of the caste claim. 03. In the light of the limited nature of relief, we deem it appropriate to decide this petition finally at this stage. We have accordingly heard Mr. Koralkar, learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Government Pleader on behalf of respondent No. 1 and so also learned counsel on behalf of 3 respondent No. 2 and on behalf of respondent No. 3. Since the caste certificate has been referred to the Scrutiny Committee for verification and the proceeding of verification is pending, we allow this petition and quash and set aise the impugned order and direct the respondent No. 2/Scrutiny Committee to decide the caste status of the petitioner within six months from 22nd June, 2010. We accordingly direct the petitioner to appear before the Scrutiny Committee on 22nd June, 2010. The respondents would be at liberty to take such further action as available in the law after the process of verification is concluded by the respondent No. 2/Scrutiny Committee. 04. Rule is thus made absolute on the above terms with no order as to costs. [ N. D. DESHPANDE, J.] [ P. V. HARDAS, J.] bsb/June 10