Rekha Gangadhar Puthewad 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. 9735 OF 2021 Rekha Gangadhar Puthewad .. Petitioner

Versus

The State of Maharashtra and others .. Respondents Shri Chandrakant R. Thorat, Advocate for the Petitioner. Shri S. K. Tambe, A.G.P. for All Respondents. CORAM :

S. V. GANGAPURWALA AND R. N. LADDHA, JJ.

DATE :

02ND SEPTEMBER, 2021.

FINAL ORDER :

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The petitioner seeks directions to decide her caste claim and also challenges the show cause notice issued by the employer directing the petitioner to produce the validity certificate otherwise action would be taken against him.

2.

The learned Assistant Government Pleader accepts the notice for all respondents/State.

3.

It appears that upon the appointment of the petitioner the proposal has been forwarded in the year 2021 for deciding the caste claim of the petitioner. On 16/03/2021 the employer has issued show cause notice to the petitioner.

4.

It is not in the hands of the litigant to decide the

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5.

In light of that, we pass the following order.

ORDER

(I) The petitioner shall appear before the Scrutiny Committee on 16.092021. The Committee shall endeavour to decide the validation proceeding expeditiously preferably within a period of six (06) months from the date of appearance of the petitioner.

(iii) The respondent-employer shall not take adverse action against the petitioner only on the ground that validation proceeding is pending.

(iii) The respondent may take further course of action depending upon the judgment that would be delivered by the Committee in the validation proceeding.

6.

The writ petition is disposed of. No costs.

[R. N. LADDHA, J.] [S. V. GANGAPURWALA, J.] bsb/Sept.21