Vanda Madhavrao Gudmewad v. The State Of Maharashtra Through Its Secretary And Others

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

BENCH AT AURANGABAD 910 WRIT PETITION NO.4198 OF 2023 VANDA MADHAVRAO GUDMEWAD

VERSUS

THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THROUGH ITS SECRETARY AND OTHERS .....

Advocate for Petitioners : Mr. Boinwad Omgashad B. AGP for Respondent Nos. 1 and 2: Mr. P.S. Patil Advocate for Respondent No.3 : Mr. U.B. Bondar .....

CORAM : RAVINDRA V. GHUGE AND SANJAY A. DESHMUKH, JJ.

DATED : 12th APRIL, 2023.

PER COURT :- 1.

The Petitioner is around 56 years of age. She joined employment in 1987 and has put in 36 years with the Zilla Parishad. After completing 58 years, she would superannuate. Her proposal for seeking validation of her claim of belonging to Koli Mahadev 29 S.T. category was dismissed in 2017 on the ground that the alphabet "v" is supplemented by "o". The Petitioner, thereafter, has submitted the corrected certificate. The Vigilance Cell inquiry report has been received by her. She had submitted her written notes of submissions alongwith certain documents.

2.

The Petitioner has now approached this Court on account of the notice dated 23.3.2023, received by her from the Zilla Parishad, intimating her that she would be terminated if the validity

wp4198.23 -2certificate is not submitted.

In view of the above, this Petition is disposed off with the following directions:- a.

The committee shall deliver it's judgment on or before 31.07.2023.

b.

In the event the committee needs to arrange a hearing in the matter, it would issue notice to the Petitioner on her Email address and/or WhatsApp number, which are as under:- E-mail ID :

tolsarwadsuresh@gmail.com WhatsApp No. :

+918307004589 c.

The Zilla Parishad would not terminate the service of the Petitioner till 31.7.2023 or till the decision of the competent committee.

d.

If the verdict of the Committee is adverse to the petitioner, the same would not be implemented for a period of 15 days so as to enable the Petitioner to avail of the remedy, as may be permissible in law.

(SANJAY A. DESHMUKH, J.) (RAVINDRA V. GHUGE , J.) rlj/