1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR. WRIT PETITION NO. 2657 OF 2008 (Yellaya Laxman Ganjiwar .v. State of Maharashtra and others) Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram appearances, Court's orders or directions Court's or Judge's Orders and Registrar's orders. CORAM : D.D. SINHA AND PRASANNA B. VARALE, JJ. 15TH SEPTEMBER, 2008 Heard Shri N.C. Phadnis, the learned Counsel for the petitioner, Shri N.W. Sambre, the learned GP for the respondent No.1 and Shri S.R. Deshpande, the learned Counsel for the respondent Nos.2 and 3. The learned Counsel for the petitioner seeks permission to implead the Caste Scrutiny Committee, Nagpur as party-respondent. Permission granted. Appropriate amendment in the cause title be carried out forthwith. Shri N.W. Sambre, the learned Counsel waives notice on behalf of the newly added respondent. The learned Counsel for the petitioner is appointed as a Driver in the forest department. However, the appointment was subject to the decision of the Caste Scrutiny Committee. 2 Shri S.R. Deshpande, the learned Counsel for the respondent/Forest Department states that the appointment order dated 31.03.2008 of the petitioner was subject to the submission of the validity certificate from the competent Caste Scrutiny Committee. He further states that the submission of the validity certificate is necessary for issuing the order of appointment and, therefore, the petitioner is entitled to approach the Caste Scrutiny Committee directly for verification of his caste claim. In the backdrop of the above referred facts, the writ petition is disposed of as withdrawn with liberty to submit the original caste certificate issued by the competent Caste Scrutiny Committee along with the documentary evidence to substantiate his caste claim to the Caste Scrutiny Committee within a period of two weeks from today. The Caste Scrutiny Committee is directed to dispose of the caste claim of the petitioner in accordance with law within a period of three months from the receipt of the caste certificate and other documents from the petitioner. Till the Caste Scrutiny Committee decides the caste claim of the petitioner, the appointment of the petitioner need not be disturbed. Steno copy of this order duly authenticated by the Court Sheristedar be furnished to the learned 3 Counsel for the respective parties on payment of usual charges to act upon. JUDGE JUDGE *rrg.