9. wp 5172-11.doc RMA IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 5172 OF 2011 Pandurang Shankar Supekar .. Petitioner Vs The State of Maharashtra & Ors .. Respondents Mr. Milind Deshmukh for the Petitioner Mr. C.R. Sonawane, AGP for Respondent Nos. 1 to 3 CORAM : D. D. SINHA & SMT. V.K. TAHILRAMANI, JJ DATE : 24th AUGUST, 2011. P.C.: 1. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and learned AGP for the State. 2. The Writ Petition is directed against the order dated 16th March 2011 passed by the Scheduled Tribe Certificate Scrutiny Committee, Pune whereby the caste claimed by the petitioner as Koli Mahadeo came to be invalidated. 3. Considered the contentions canvassed by the respective counsel and perused the impugned order. 4. Perusal of the impugned order shows that the documentary 1 9. wp 5172-11.doc evidence placed before the Committee pertaining to father of the petitioner namely Shankar Pandu Supekar i.e School Admission Extract dated 1st September 1936, the caste mentioned therein as 'Hindu Koli'. The school admission extract of the petitioner dated 24th June 1961, the caste mentioned therein as 'Hindu Koli'. 5. The admission extract of the father of the petitioner is of the year 1936 and has a great probative value as against the other documents placed on record by the petitioner in support of his caste and therefore, the Caste Scrutiny Committee was justified in placing reliance on the said document. The Caste Scrutiny Committee also applied affinity test and found that the petitioner failed to establish the affinity with Mahadev Koli caste. 6. In the circumstances, the petition suffers from lack of merit and accordingly, the same is dismissed. [ SMT. V.K. TAHILRAMANI, J ] [ D. D. SINHA, J ] 2 9. wp 5172-11.doc 3