1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH : NAGPUR WRIT PETITION NO. 3038 OF 2003. ( Ramsingh Dariyasingh Suryawanshi ..vrs.. The Committee for Scrutiny and another ) Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders Court's or Judge's orders or directions and Registrar's orders. CORAM : B.P. DHARMADHIKARI AND F.M. REIS, JJ. DATED : AUGUST 24, 2009. Heard Shri P.D. Meghe, learned Counsel for the petitioner, Shri N.W. Sambre, learned Counsel for respondent no.1- Scrutiny Committee and Shri S.C. Mehadia, learned Counsel for respondent no.2. Claim of petitioner as belonging to Thakur Scheduled Tribe, has been invalidated by the Scrutiny Committee vide the impugned order dated 25.11.2002. The petitioner was at the relevant time in service with the respondent no.2 and his services have also been terminated. He has filed this Writ Petition challenging the order of the Scrutiny Committee as also the order of termination dated 17.12.2002. He has also amended his Writ Petition subsequently to claim benefit of some Government Resolutions protecting his services. After hearing the learned respective Counsel, we find that the claim of petitioner has not been rejected only because of the caste as reflected in the old documents was 2 synonymous with Thakur (Higher Caste). Perusal of the order of the Scrutiny Committee shows that independent affinity test has also been applied and after noticing that petitioner did not fulfill that test, caste claim has been invalidated. Perusal of paragraph no.10 of the order of the Scrutiny Committee shows that his father clearly stated that, they have marital relations with Rajput caste people and he was totally ignorant about ‘K’ Thakur and ‘M’ Thakur. Paragraph no.11 shows the position as emerging from old documents of relatives of petitioner and all those documents revealed the caste as Rajput. It is therefore, apparent that no fault can be found with the order of the Scrutiny Committee. Writ Petition is thus dismissed, with no order as to cost. JUDGE JUDGE Rgd.