1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 5777 OF 2009 Pradip Pandharinath Gavali. .... Petitioner. Versus The State of Maharashtra & Ors. .... Respondents. Mr. R. K. Mendadkar, for the Petitioner. Mr. C. R. Sonawane, AGP for the Respondents. CORAM: BILAL NAZKI and MRS.V.K.TAHILRAMANI, JJ. DATED : 7TH JULY, 2009. P. C.: Heard learned Counsel for the petitioner and also the learned AGP appearing for the State and with consent the petition is disposed of at this stage. 2. The petitioner has got an appointment with respondent No.3. The requirement was that he should give caste validity certificate within six months, which he has not produced. Therefore, he has been served with the notice. He submits that he has filed an application before the Caste Scrutiny Committee in September, 2008 which has not been decided so far and as such he has not been able to produce the caste validity certificate. 2 3. In these circumstances, we dispose of this writ petition by directing the respondent No.2 to dispose of the application for the petitioner for caste validity certificate within two months from the date of the receipt of this order and for a period of two months from today the services of the petitioner shall not be terminated on the ground that he has not produced the caste validity certificate. 4. With the above directions, the writ petition is disposed of. Sd/- (BILAL NAZKI, J.) Sd/- (MRS.V.K.TAHILRAMANI, J.)