1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 3810 OF 2007 Jagdish Bhalchandra Ghate ..... Petitioner. V/s State of Maharashtra and Ors. ...... Respondents. ----- Mr. R.K. Mendadkar for the Petitioner. Mr. R.D. Rane, G.P for the Respondents. ----- CORAM : D.K. DESHMUKH & V.M. KANADE, JJ. DATE : 12 th December, 2007. P.C.: By this Petition, the Petitioner challenges the order of the Scrutiny Committee, holding that the caste claim of the Petitioner is not valid. The Petitioner was claiming to be belonging to Mahadeo Koli Scheduled Tribe but the Scrutiny Committee has found that, in the primary school record of 2 the Petitioner’s father, the entry is Hindu Koli. The Committee has found that even the school record of the Petitioner has been manipulated. After having heard the learned Counsel for the Petitioner, we see no reason to interfere with the impugned order. Petition is rejected. (D.K. DESHMUKH, J.) (V.M. KANADE, J.)