Chandrashekhar Pandurang Holkar v. The State Of Maharashtra And Others

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO.2133 OF 2019 Chandrashekhar s/o Pandurang Holkar, Age : 25 years, Occu. Service, R/o Holkar Vasti, Shrigonda, Taluka Shrigonda, Dist. Ahmednagar ..PETITIONER

VERSUS

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The State of Maharashtra, Through Secretary, Revenue & Forest Department, Mantralaya, Mumbai - 32 2.

The Scheduled Tribes Caste Scrutiny Committee, Nasik Division, Nasik Through its Secretary 3.

The Executive Engineer, Rural Water Supply Department, Zilla Parishad, Bhandara, District Bhandara ..RESPONDENTS Mr H.P. Kshirsagar, Advocate, holding for Mr D.D. Chaudhari, Advocate for petitioner;

Mrs M.A. Deshpande, A.G.P. for respondent no.1 CORAM : PRASANNA B. VARALE AND S.M. GAVHANE, JJ.

DATE : 15th February, 2019 ORAL ORDER:

Heard learned Counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner.

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A limited prayer is pressed in the petition. The petitioner prays for directions to respondent no.2 Scrutiny Committee to decide the claim of the petitioner.

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It is submitted before us that the petitioner belongs to "Mahadev Koli" - Scheduled Tribes and was appointed as a Junior Engineer in the year 2016 by order dated 29th February, 2016 from the reserved category of Scheduled Tribes.

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Respondent no.3 - Executive Engineer forwarded the claim to respondent no.2 Scrutiny Committee for validation. Copy of the forwarding letter dated 5th July, 2016 is placed on record at annexure C. Learned Counsel also invited our attention to the proforma claim accepted by the petitioner on 9th July, 2016. Learned Counsel then submits that due to pendency of the claim, the petitioner is suffering hardship as respondent, more particularly the employer is withholding the payment of salary on account of non submission of the validity certificate. Learned Counsel for the petitioner invited our attention to the letter dated 24th August, 2017 placed on record at annexure D. Thus, the learned Counsel submits that the petitioner is desirous of early decision of the claim by the Committee.

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The aforesaid being a limited prayer, the petition is disposed of at the admission stage with directions to respondent no.2 Committee to decide the claim of the petitioner as expeditiously as possible and not later than twelve weeks from the date of the order of this Court. (S.M. GAVHANE, J.) (PRASANNA B. VARALE, J.) amj