1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH : NAGPUR WRIT PETITION NO.3575 OF 2009 (Ku. Vandana Ajabrao Bende vs. Chief Executive Officer and others) __________________________________________________________________ Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders Court's or Judge's orders or directions and Registrar's orders. CORAM : D.D. SINHA AND F.M.REIS, JJ. DATED : NOVEMBER 10, 2009 Heard Shri Narnaware, learned Counsel for the petitioner, Shri Sonwane, learned Counsel for the respondent nos. 1 and 2, and Shri Sambre, learned Counsel for the respondent no.3. Shri Narnaware, learned Counsel for the petitioner, states that petitioner is serving as Assistant Teacher in the School run by the respondent no.1. It is submitted that petitioner was appointed from Scheduled Tribe category. The caste claim of the petitioner is pending for verification before the respondent Caste Scrutiny Committee since 2007. It is prayed that direction may be given 2 to the Caste Scrutiny Committee to decide the caste claim of the petitioner in accordance with law and in the meanwhile, service of the petitioner may kindly be protected. It is further submitted that by interim order passed by this Court, protection so far as service of the petitioner is concerned, is already granted. In the circumstances, we dispose of the petition with direction to the Caste Scrutiny Committee to decide the caste claim of the petitioner on its own merits in accordance with law and procedure applicable in this regard within a period of three months from the date of communication of this order. The petitioner to appear before the Caste Scrutiny Committee on 25/11/2009 at 11.30 A.M. In the meanwhile, service of the petitioner need not be disturbed. JUDGE JUDGE khj