1 Lgc IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.3355 OF 2010 Sanjay S/o Vasant Suradkar : Petitioner versus The State of Maharashtra and ors. : Respondents. Mr. Anil S Golegaonkar for the Petitioner. Mr. V S Gokhale, AGP for Respondent Nos.1 to 4. CORAM : A. M. KHANWILKAR, R. M. SAVANT, JJ. DATED : 29 th April 2010 P.C. : 1 Considering the grievance made in this Petition, we dispose of this Petition with directions to the Respondent No.2- Committee to decide the caste claim of the Petitioner which is pending since 15th September 2009 expeditiously and in any case within a period of three months from today. The Petitioner shall appear in the office of the Scrutiny Committee on 6th May 2010 on which day, the Committee may proceed with the hearing of this case or assign any suitable date so as to ensure that the final decision would be taking within the specified time and is also communicated to the Petitioner with the same time. 2 2. In view of the above, we direct the Respondent Nos.3 and 4 not to precipitate the matter against the Petitioner until the final decision of the Scrutiny Committee is rendered. 3. In the event, the decision of the Scrutiny Committee is adverse to the Petitioner, the same shall not be given effect to for a period of two weeks from the date of the communication of the said order to the Petitioner. 4. The Petition is disposed of on the above terms. (R.M.SAVANT, J.) (A. M. KHANWILKAR, J.)