IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH AT NAGPUR WRIT PETITION NO.2770/2010 SHAILESH RAJANNA MUDARAP ..VS.. THE SCHEDULED TRIBE CERTIFICATE SCRUTINY COMMITTEE AND ANOR - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, Court's or Judge's orders appearances, Court's orders of directions and Registrar's orders - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Shri Anjay De advocate for petitioner Shri S.M. Puranik, adv for respondent no.1 Shri P.D. Kothari, AGP for respondent no.2 CORAM : SMT. VASANTI A. NAIK & P.B. VARALE, JJ. DATE : JUNE 27, 2011. By this petition, the petitioner impugns the order passed by the Scheduled Tribe Certificate Scrutiny Committee dated 24.4.2009 invalidating the tribe claim of the petitioner of belonging to ‘Mannewar’ Scheduled Tribe. We find nothing wrong with the impugned order passed by the respondent no.1 committee as the committee rightly gave due weightage to the old documents in case of the father and paternal aunt of the petitioner which showed the entries 'Mannepawar' and 'Manyepawar'. The entries in the primary school record of the father and the paternal aunt of the petitioner recorded in the years 1957 and 1961 recorded the entry as 'Mannepawar' and 'Manyepawar'. The committee considered the fact that though the petitioner had stated that paternal aunt was illiterate, it was revealed from the report of the Vigilance Cell that Durgatai Yallam the paternal aunt of the petitioner studied in the primary school and her caste was shown as 'Manyepawar'. The committee rightly gave more weightage to the old entries as compared to the recent ones. The only submission made on behalf of the petitioner that there is no caste 'Manyepawar' and 'Mannepawar' and hence those old documents ought to have been ignored is not well founded and is liable to be rejected. The petitioner also failed in the affinity test and hence the committee found that the petitioner had failed to prove that she belonged to Mannewar – Scheduled Tribe. The findings recorded by the committee call for no interference in exercise of the writ jurisdiction. The writ petition fails and is dismissed with no order as to costs. JUDGE JUDGE SMP