1 wp 10204-10 jpc IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 10204 OF 2010 Chandrakant Dharmanna Ghante .. Petitioners Versus The State of Maharashtra and others .. Respondent s Mr. D. G. Dhanure i/by Mr. Pratap G. Rodge for the petitioner Mr. Sonawane, AGP for the Respondents-State CORAM: D.K.DESHMUKH & N.D.DESHPANDE, JJ DATE : 13 th January, 2011 P.C. 1. By this Petition, the petitioner challenging the order passed by the scrutiny committee dated 12.10.2010 holding the petitioners claim that he belongs to Mahadeo Koli as not valid. 2. The scrutiny committee called the report of the vigilance cell. The vigilance cell made enquiry at the original village of the petitioner, they found that the entry in the school record of the near relative of the petitioner including his elder brother is Hindu Koli. The learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner had relied on the validity certificate issued by the Aurangabad Scrutiny committee in favour 2 wp 10204-10 of his cousin and therefore, according to him, the scrutiny committee should have relied on that. He also invited our attention to our order dated 11 th October, 2010 in Writ Petition No. 3532 of 2010 and the order of the Aurangabad Bench of this Court in Writ Petition No. 241 of 2010 dated 24.9.2010. In our opinion in the face of clear entry in relation to the elder brother of the petitioner himself in the school record that he belongs to Hindu Koli, no exception can be taken to the order from scrutiny committee. The validity certificate issued in favour of the cousin of the petitioner will not be relevant in case of the petitioner. In view of the clear entry in the school record of the near relative, we do not find any substance in the case. 3. The petition is dismissed. ( N. D. DESHPANDE, J.) ( D. K. DESHMUKH, J.)