915-WP-4871-2026.doc IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIRCUIT BENCH AT KOLHAPUR CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 4871 OF 2026 Sandip Ganyansing Sable ...Petitioner Versus The State Of Maharashtra Thr. Its Secretary Tribal Development Dept. And Others ...Respondents —————— Mr. Saurabh P. Tandale for the Petitioner. Mr. Siddheshwar B. Kalel, AGP for the Respondent-State. Mr. Kedar Lad a/w Indrayani Patil for the Respondents. —————— Coram : Sharmila U. Deshmukh & Neeraj P. Dhote, JJ. Date : September 30, 2026. P. C. : 1. By the present petition, the petitioner seeks provisional appointment in terms of the Government Resolution of 12th December, 2011, which permits such provisional appointment pending the validation by the Caste Scrutiny Committee. 2. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner would submit that though the application for validation was submitted in the year 2024, the Caste Scrutiny Committee has not decided the application. He would further submit that subsequently a petition was iled before this Court, Harish 1 of 3 HARISH VITHAL CHAUDHARI Digitally signed by HARISH VITHAL CHAUDHARI Date: 2026.10.01 10:53:24 +0530 915-WP-4871-2026.doc Aurangabad Bench, which had the jurisdiction in the matter, which directed the committee to decide the pending tribe claim of the petitioner within a period of six months. He submits that despite the said directions, the Caste Scrutiny Committee has not decided the application. He submits that the petitioner was duly selected to the post of Shikshan Sevak in the respondent No. 2, Zilla Parishad school, and his selection is likely to be cancelled as the caste validity certiicate has not been submitted. 3. After hearing the learned counsel for the parties, we inquired with the learned counsel appearing for respondent No. 2, Zilla Parishad, whether it is possible to keep one post reserved for a period of four weeks in order to enable the petitioner to obtain the validity certiicate from the Caste Scrutiny Committee. As the Caste Scrutiny Committee is of District Sambhajinagar, the same is outside the jurisdiction of this Court, no directions can be issued by this Court and appropriate action is required to be taken by the petitioner before the Aurangabad Bench. 4. Learned counsel appearing for respondent No. 2, on instructions, submits that for a period of four weeks, one reserved post will be kept vacant for the petitioner. The statement is accepted as undertaking given to this Court. 5. In light of the above, the petition is disposed of by directing respondent No. 2 to keep one reserved post of Shikshan Sevak vacant Harish 2 of 3 915-WP-4871-2026.doc from the ST category for a period of four weeks. The petitioner is at liberty to pursue his caste validation claim before the Caste Scrutiny Committee or take appropriate action as is permissible in law. 6. Petition is disposed of in the above terms. [Neeraj P. Dhote, J.] [Sharmila U. Deshmukh, J.] Harish 3 of 3