1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.12 OF 2010 ... Savita Shyam Yespatil ...Petitioner v/s. The State of Maharashtra and ors. ...Respondents ... Mr.G.S.Deshmukh i/b P.M.Patil for the Petitioner. Mr.C.R.Sonawane, AGP for State. ... CORAM: D.K.DESHMUKH, & A.R.JOSHI, JJ DATED: 13th January, 2009 P.C.: By this petition the Petitioner challenges the order passed by the Scrutiny Committee holding that the claim of the Petitioner that he belongs to Mahadeo Koli caste is not right. 2. We have heard the learned counsel for the Petitioner. We find that in the order the 2 Scrutiny Committee has relied on the document which is the Birth Register of the Village of pre-1950 period showing that the caste of the brother of the grand-father of the Petitioner was recorded as Koli . The Scrutiny Committee has also applied the affinity test and has concluded that the claim of the Petitioner that he belongs to Mahadeo Koli caste is not valid. The Scrutiny Committee is the expert body constituted pursuant to the directions issued by the Supreme Court in Madhuri Patil s case and the scope to interfere with the decision of the Scrutiny Committee is limited. We do not find any reason to interfere with the order of the Scrutiny Committee. Petition has to substance. It is rejected. (D.K.DESHMUKH, J.) (A.R.JOSHI, J.)