(1) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY, AURANGABAD BENCH, AT AURANGABAD. WRIT PETITION NO. 6534 OF 2008 Dinesh s/o. Suresh Thakur, Age : 30 years, Occupation : Nil, R/o. Ishwar Colony, Plot No.4, Opp. Datta Mandir, District : Jalgaon. .. Petitioner. versus 1. The State of Maharashtra, through Secretary, Tribal Development Department, Mantralaya, Mumbai. 2. The Scheduled Tribe Caste Certificate Verification Committee, Near RTO Office, Nasik, through its Member Secretary. 3. The Commissioner, Greater Bombay Municipal Corporation, Mahapalika Marg, Mumbai - 1. 4. The Principal Employment Officer [Establishment], Greater Bombay Municipal Corporation, Mahapalika Marg, Mumbai - 1. .. Respondents. .......................... (2) Mr. A.S. Golegaonkar, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. K.G. Patil, Assistant Government Pleader, for respondent no.1. Mr. U.S. Malte, Advocate, for respondent no.2. Mr. G.R. Syed, Advocate, holding for Mr. M.G. Kachave, Advocate, for respondent nos.3 and 4. .......................... CORAM : B.R. GAVAI & N.D. DESHPANDE, JJ. DATE : 11TH AUGUST 2009. COURT'S ORDER : 1. By way of present petition, the petitioner has prayed for a direction to the respondent no.2, to decide the claim of the petitioner to be belonging to "Thakur", Scheduled Tribe, and also for a direction to the respondent nos.3 and 4 to issue provisional appointment order to the petitioner, without insisting upon the validity certificate issued by the respondent no.2. 2. It is contention of the petitioner, that for no fault of him, the claim of the petitioner has not been decided by the respondent no.2 Committee and, as such, she is deprived of her appointment though he is duly selected by the respondent nos.3 and 4. (3) 3. We find that the ends of justice would be met by passing the following order. 4. The respondent no.2 Committee is directed to decide the claim of the petitioner, of belonging to "Thakur", Scheduled Tribe, within a period of three months from the date of appearance of the petitioner before the Committee. The petitioner shall appear before the Committee on 26th August 2009 and shall cooperate with the Committee. It is directed that the respondent nos.3 and 4 shall not fill in the post, on which the petitioner is selected, till the decision of the claim of the petitioner and for a further period of two weeks from the date of receipt of the communication about the decision of the Committee by the petitioner. 5. With the above directions, the petition is disposed of. ( N.D. DESHPANDE ) ( B.R. GAVAI ) JUDGE JUDGE ......................... bgp/wp6534