PVR 1 wp6218/09 IN THE HIGH COURT JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.6218 OF 2009 Smt.Anupama Revansiddha Karnalkar. Alias Smt.Rajashri Tayappa Koli, Residing at B-203, Kalindi Co-op. Housing Society, 42, Gorai(2), Borivali (W), Mumbai. ...Petitioner vs. 1.State of Maharashtra through its Secretary, Tribal Development Department, Mantralaya, Mumbai-400 032. 2.Scheduled Tribe Certificate Scrutiny Committee, through its Deputy Director & Member Secretary Pune Division, Queens Garden, Pune. 3.Sr.Transport Officer(Transport), BEST Bhavan, Administrative office 2nd Floor, Vadala Bus Depot, Tilak Road(Extn), Vadala, Mumbai-400031. 4.Tahsildar and Executive Magistrate, South Solapur, Dist.Solapur. ...Respondents --- Mr.R.K.Mendadkar, for Petitioner. Mrs.M.P.Thakur, AGP for Respondents. PVR 2 wp6218/09 --- CORAM: D.K.DESHMUKH & N.D.DESHPANDE,JJ. DATED: 24th August, 2010 P.C.: (Per D.K.Deshmukh, J.) 1. By this petition, the petitioner challenges the order dated 26.3.2009 passed by the Scrutiny Committee holding that the claim of the petitioner that she belongs to Mahadev Koli Scheduled Tribe is not valid. We have heard the learned Counsel appearing for petitioner. We have perused the record. The Scrutiny Committee which is a body comprises of experts on the subject has found that the caste of the near relatives of the petitioner in their school record is recorded as Koli . In the school record of the petitioner s father, entry about his caste is M.Koli . The Scrutiny committee has observed that the word M.Koli does not necessarily mean Mahadev Koli . The caste of the real uncle of the petitioner in the birth register is recorded as PVR 3 wp6218/09 Koli and that entry is of 20 th June,1942. Entries that have been made before the year 1950 have to be given primacy. In short, the Scrutiny committee which is a body consists of experts, has, after appreciating the material on record, recorded a finding of fact. We do not see any reason to interfere with the same. The petition is ,therefore, rejected. (D.K.DESHMUKH,J.) (N.D.DESHPANDE,J.) ...