1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE WRIT PETITION NO.2008 OF 2010 Shri Ramchandra Changya Khamdekar : Petitioner V/s. The State of Maharashtra & Ors. : Respondents ... Mr.K. Koli for the petitioner. Mr.C.R.Sonawane, Asstt. Govt. Pleader for the respondents. ... CORAM : D.D. SINHA AND MRS.MRIDULA BHATKAR,JJ. DATE : JUNE 11, 2010. P.C.: Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Asstt. Govt. Pleader for the respondents. 2. This Writ Petition is directed against the order dated 31.10.2009 passed by the Scheduled Tribe Certificate Scrutiny Committee, Konkan Division, Thane, whereby the caste claim of the petitioner as belonging to Mahadeo Koli Scheduled Tribe came to be rejected. 3. Considered the contentions canvassed by the respective counsel for the parties and perused the papers. Perusal of the impugned order shows that the Vigilance Cell has brought on record an extract of school admission general register in respect of the applicant’s cousin uncle who 2 was admitted in the school in 1951. The caste of his cousin uncle recorded in the said document was “Hindu Koli Sonkoli” in the year 1951. Similarly, in the school extract of admission register of Mr.Balya Changya Khamdekar, the real brother of the petitioner, the caste mentioned was “Hindu M. Koli”. The order further demonstrates that the alphabet “M” was scored out and word “Mahadeo” was written in its place in different ink. This aspect was held to be suspicious by the Committee. It is not in dispute that these are the two documents which were collected by the Vigilance Cell during the home inquiry and were considered by the Committee and held that the petitioner failed to establish that he belonged to Mahadeo Koli Scheduled Tribe. Similarly, the Committee has also undertaken the affinity test and held that the petitioner failed to establish the traits, characteristics, customs, etc., of Mahadeo Koli Scheduled Tribe. 4. In the circumstances, the impugned order, in our view, is just and proper and the Writ Petition is dismissed. (D.D. SINHA, J.) (MRS.MRIDULA BHATKAR,J.)