1 rpw5.11 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE REVIEW PETITION NO.5 OF 2011 In WRIT PETITION NO.4579 OF 2010 Mr.Pravin Nagesh Ratnapur : Petitioner V/s. The General Manager, Brihanmumbai Electric Supply & Transport Undertaking & Ors. : Respondents .... Mr.R.K.Mendadkar with Ms Helen Koli Mandlik for the petitioner. Mr.C.R.Sonawane, A.G.P. for resp.nos.2 to 4. .... CORAM : D.D. SINHA AND SMT.MRIDULA BHATKAR,JJ. DATE : JULY 15, 2011. P.C.: Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Asstt. Govt. Pleader for respondent nos.2 to 4. 2. This Review Petition is directed against the order dated 6.7.2010 whereby the above Writ Petition came to be dismissed. 3. The learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the 2 rpw5.11 Scrutiny Committee invalidated the caste claim of the petitioner as belonging to Parit (OBC). Being aggrieved by the said order, the above Writ Petition came to be filed which was dismissed by this Court vide order dated 6.7.2010. Hence, the present Review Petition. 4. The learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that neither the Scrutiny Committee nor this Court has taken into consideration document pertaining to the grandfather of the petitioner of the year 1932 i.e. School Leaving Certificate wherein the caste mentioned is `Parit’. It is, therefore, contended that the impugned order be reviewed accordingly. 5. The learned Asstt. Govt. Pleader supported the order dated 6.7.2010 passed by the Division bench of this Court which is impugned herein. 6. We have taken into consideration the contentions canvassed by the respective counsel and perused the order of the Caste Scrutiny Committee as well as the impugned order. Perusal of these orders shows that the oldest document which was placed before the Committee was of the grandfather of the petitioner i.e. Chinappa Gullu Ratnapur dated 1.12.1926 wherein the caste mentioned is `Kamati’. The said document 3 rpw5.11 being the oldest has great probative value as against the other documents placed on record by the petitioner. Even otherwise, the School Leaving Certificate issued in favour of the father of the petitioner Nagesh, the caste mentioned is Hindu. In the School Leaving Certificate of Deepak, the brother of the petitioner, the caste mentioned is `Dhobi’ and in the document, which pertains to the grandfather, of the year 1926, the caste mentioned is `Kamati’. In view of these inconsistencies, the Division Bench of this Court is justified in confirming the order passed by the Caste Scrutiny Committee whereby the caste claim of the petitioner came to be invalidated. 7. For the reasons stated hereinabove, the Review Petition suffers from lack of merit and the same is dismissed. (D. D. SINHA, J.) (SMT.MRIDULA BHATKAR,J.)