1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.2257 OF 2009 Siddheshwar R. Jadhav ...Petitioner v/s Scheduled Tribe Certificate Scrutiny Committee, Pune ...Respondents Mr Sagar Joshi for Petitioner. Mr V.S. Gokhale, AGP for Respondents. CORAM : D.K. DESHMUKH AND K.K. TATED JJ. DATE : 8TH DECEMBER 2009. 2 P.C. :- 1] The petitioner, by this petition, challenges the order passed by the respondents dated 31st August 2007 holding that the claim of the petitioner that he belongs to Mahadeo Koli, which is Scheduled Tribe is invalid. The school record of the petitioner s father shows that his case is recorded as Koli. The Scrutiny Committee relying on the judgment of the Supreme Court in the case of Madhuri Patil v/s Additional Commissioner, Tribal Development and others, reported in 1994(6) SCC 241, has held that the petitioner cannot therefore claim to be Mahadeo Koli. The Scrutiny Committee has passed detailed order with cogent reasons. In our opinion, it will not be appropriate to interfere with the order in our extraordinary jurisdiction under Constitution of India. Petition is rejected. Parties to act on the copy of this order duly authenticated by the Sheristedar / Private Secretary of this Court. 3 Certified copy expedited. ( JUSTICE D.K. DESHMUKH ) ( JUSTICE K.K. TATED )