1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF BOMBAY AT GOA MISCELLANEOUS CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 834 OF 2008 Shri Sandip Arjun Vazarkar, 37 years, married, Indian National, Member of Village Panchayat of Socorro, resident of House No.1032, Zoswado, Socorro, Bardez-Goa. ... Applicant versus Scrutiny Committee for Verification of Caste Certificate, through its Chairman, Office of Social Welfare, Government of Goa, Porvorim, Goa and others. ... Respondents Mr. S. G. Dessai, Senior Advocate with Mr. P. Talaulikar, Advocate for the Applicant. Mr. S. S. Kantak, Advocate General with Mr. M. Salkar, Additional Government Advocate for Respondent Nos. 1 and 2. Mr. A. N. S. Nadkarni, Senior Advocate with Mr. D. Lawande, Advocate for Respondent No.3. CORAM : A. P. DESHPANDE & N. A. BRITTO, JJ. DATE : 19TH NOVEMBER, 2008. 2 P.C.:- This Court by an Order dated 16th July, 2008 directed the Scrutiny Committee to complete the inquiry into the Caste status of the Petitioner on or before 21-11-2008. The Petitioner/Applicant has examined as many as 18 witnesses in support of his caste claim. The Petitioner moved an application for re-examination of witness no.2. The same was granted. However, the Petitioner moved an application seeking adjournment for re-examining the said witness on the ground that he is not available and had gone out of station. The Scrutiny Committee being conscious of the time frame set out by this Court, rejected the application and has proceeded to hear the arguments of the parties, after closing the evidence. At this stage, we are not inclined to grant permission to the Petitioner to re-examine the said witnesses that too when he will be available for re-examination only after 25th November, 2008. It is then submitted that as the time granted by this Court is to expire on 21-11-2008 the Scrutiny Committee is proceeding with the matter on day to day basis and in haste. By so stating, it is prayed that the time to complete the proceedings be extended by a week so that the Scrutiny Committee can elaborately hear the matter and pass an appropriate order in accordance with law. The Respondents/Non Applicants have no objection for extending the time in completing the inquiry by one week from today. 3 In the result, we extend time by one week from today for the Scrutiny Committee to pass the order and dispose of the caste claim of the Petitioner/Applicant. The application stands disposed of with liberty to the Applicant to raise the contentions, if and in case the order passed by the Scrutiny Committee goes against him, and he is required to challenge the same by filing the Writ Petition. A. P. DESHPANDE, J. N. A. BRITTO, J. RD