Citation : 2016 Latest Caselaw 3611 Bom
Judgement Date : 5 July, 2016
28.odt
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
BENCH AT AURANGABAD
WRIT PETITION NO. 634 OF 2016
Attam s/o Balaji Pokle, ... Petitioner
Age 27 years, Occu: Service,
R/o Telangwadi, Tq. Kandhar
District Nanded
VERSUS
1. The State of Maharashtra,
Through Secretary to Tribal
Development Department,
Mantralaya, Mumbai
2. The Divisional Joint Director
of Agriculture, Amarawati
Division, Nagpur, Dist. Nagpur
3. The District Superintending
Agricultural Officer, Wardha,
District Wardha.
4. The Technical Officer,
Biological Pest Control
Laboratory, Seloo,
Tq. Seloo,District Wardha.
5. The Scheduled Tribe ... Respondents.
Certificate Verification
Committee, Aurangabad, through
its Deputy Director (R),
Aurangabad.
Mr. Sunil M. Vibhute, Advocate for the Petitioner,
Mr. M. B. Bharaswadkar, Advocate for the Respondents
CORAM : R. M. BORDE &
K. L. WADANE, JJ.
DATE : 5th July, 2016
ORDER:
1. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and
28.odt learned AGP for the respondents.
2. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith and the
petition is heard for final disposal by the consent of
learned counsel for the respective parties.
3. The petitioner claims to belong to Mannervarlu,
Scheduled Tribe and has been appointed as a Krishi
Sevak(Agricultural Assistant)against the post reserved
for Scheduled Tribe category. The tribe certificate
issued to the petitioner has been referred for
validation to Respondent No.5 Committee and the
validation proceeding in respect of the tribe
certificate is stated to be pending with the Committee
since 11.09.2013. It is informed that the Committee
has not yet decided the matter.
4. In the facts of the case, respondent No.5
Committee is directed to decide the validation claim in
respect of the tribe certificate issued to the
petitioner as expeditiously as possible, preferably
within a period of eight months from today.
5. The petitioner contends that he has completed
three years service as Krishi Sevak (Agricultural
Assistant) and as such, in view of clause (6) of the
28.odt appointment order, his claim shall have to be
considered for regularization. Clause 6 of the
appointment order stipulates regularization of the
employee on completion of three years satisfactory
service, subject to availability of posts. The
respondents shall take appropriate decision in respect
of regularization of services of the petitioner
subject to the decision in respect of validation of
tribe claim pending with the Scrutiny Committee, as
early as possible, preferably within a period of eight
weeks from today.
6. With the directions as above, writ petition is
disposed of. Rule is accordingly made absolute. There
shall be no order as to costs.
(K. L. WADANE, J.) (R. M. BORDE, J. )
JPC
Publish Your Article
Campus Ambassador
Media Partner
Campus Buzz
LatestLaws.com presents: Lexidem Offline Internship Program, 2026
LatestLaws.com presents 'Lexidem Online Internship, 2026', Apply Now!