42wp6158.10.odt 1 . IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR Writ Petition No. 6158 of 2010 (Ku. Vaidya Ramesh Sadar .vs. State and Ors.) Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders or directions and Registrar's orders. Court's or Judge's orders Coram: D. D. Sinha and A. P. Bhangale, JJ. Date : 04/02/2011. Heard Mr.P.S.Khubalkar, Adv. for the petitioner, Mr.N.R.Rode, Assistant Government Pleader for respondent nos. 1 and 2 and Mr.N.W.Sambre, Adv. for respondent nos. 3. In the instant petition, the petitioner is seeking direction to the Caste Scrutiny Committee to decide the caste claim of the petitioner within a stipulated period. Counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner was selected on the post of Shikshan Sevak in the month of September, 2010 from the reserved category (V.J.). The petitioner submitted the caste certificate along with the documents in support thereof to her employer i.e. respondent nos. 3 who has forwarded the caste claim of the petitioner for verification to the Caste Scrutiny 42wp6158.10.odt 2 . Committee/respondent no.2 on 30.9.2010 and since then it is pending for verification. In the circumstances, we direct the Caste Scrutiny Committee/respondent no.2 to decide the caste claim of the petitioner on its own merits, in accordance with the law and procedure applicable in this regard, within a period of four months from the date of communication of this order. With these observations and directions, the petition is disposed of. Needless to mention that the order of appointment of petitioner, who was selected for the post of Shikshan Sevak, shall be issued if the claim of the petitioner is validated. JUDGE JUDGE jais