1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR. Writ Petition No. 3508 of 2008. [Jashedkha S/o Nasirkhan V. The Education Officer ZP Akola and others] Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram appearances, Court's orders or directions Court's or Judge's Orders and Registrar's orders. Shri S. P. Palshikar, Advocate for petitioner. Shri CA Joshi, Advocate for R-3. Coram : B.H. Marlapalle and A.H. Joshi, JJ. Dated : 10th NOVEMBER, 2008. Heard Mr Palshikar Learned Counsel for the petitioner. Admittedly, the petitioner has been appointed as a Shikshan Sevak by the Respondent Zilla Parishad for a period of 3 years against the reserved quota for Other Backward Classes. It appears that Ms Aayewsha the nice of respondent no.3 was also one of the candidates competing along with the petitioner, but she was not successful, and therefore, the Respondent no.3 lodged a complaint with the Zila Parisahd stating that the petitioner does not belong to OBC. The letter dated 16-7-2008 addressed by the Education Officer to the appellate 2 authority of Z. P. Akola also states that the petitioner's caste certificate is not available on record. On the other hand, the petitioner claims that as soon as he joined as Shikshan Sevak, he submitted all the documents to the employer i.e. The Zilla Parishad and requested for forwarding the same to the competent Committee for verification. The letter dated 10-4-2008 by the Scrutiny Committee states that no such documents regarding the caste verification of the petitioner have been received except the reminder. We are, therefore, satisfied that the relief as prayed for in this petition cannot be granted. During the course of his oral arguments, Learned Counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner belongs to 'Momin' caste which falls under the OBC in the State of Maharashtra. He could not produce such a caste certificate before us, but stated that within a week's time, the same will be submitted to the Zillah Parishad. 3 Learned Counsel for the Zilla Parishad on the other hand stated that if the caste certificate and other relevant documents are submitted by the petitioner within a period of one week, the same shall be forwarded to the competent Scrutiny Committee for verification of the petitioner's caste claim. Hence, we direct the Zillah Parishad to forward the petitioner's caste claim to the competent scrutiny Committee, if the petitioner submits the caste certificate that he belongs to Momin caste within one week from today along with other supporting documents. Petition is disposed off in terms of the above directions. JUDGE JUDGE //Muley//.