1 FARHAD CONTINUATION SHEET NO. IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE, BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 756 OF 2009 Vimalbai Narayan Ambulge ....Petitioners. Versus The State of Maharashtra and another. ....Respondents. Shri. B.G. Deshmukh, Advocate for petitioner. Shri. N.B. Patil, A.G.P. for State. Shri. M.S. Deshmukh, advocate for respondent No. 2. CORAM : V. C. DAGA & A.V. POTDAR, JJ. DATE : 13TH JULY, 2009 PER COURT : 1. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner. 2. Perused petition. 3. This petition is directed against the judgment and order dated 8.10.2008 passed by the respondent No. 2 committee invalidating the tribe claim of the petitioner. The categorical findings are recorded in paragraph No. 2 of the impugned judgment and order which read as under :- 2 "The information has been furnished by the Candidate about traditional, occupation, god/goddess, surnames, customs, culture, affinity, following etc. are not associated with the real Schedule Tribe community people. The Committee has going through the Nivgedan Form, and it found that the Candidate has no knowledge about the affinity of his caste Koli Mahadev, Scheduled Tribe Community. " (Emphasis supplied) 4. The petitioner could not demonstrate any perversity so far as the findings recorded by the committee are concerned. The respondent No. 2 committee has taken a reasonable and possible view of the matter. Needless to say that in the case of Shilpa Vishnu Thakur Vs. State of Maharashtra and others, reported in 2009 (3) Mh.L.J. 995, it is held by the full bench of this Court that unless the affinity test is established, the petitioner cannot claim the caste validity certificate. The petition is without any merit. 4. In the result, the petition is dismissed being devoid of any substance with no order as to costs. [ A.V. POTDAR, J. ] [ V.C. DAGA, J. ] ssc/wp756.09