1 IN THE HIGH COURT JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.922 OF 2010 Shri.Dharma Govind Mane. ...Petitioner vs. 1.The State of Maharashtra & ors. ...Respondents --- Mr.Kamalakar Koli, for Petitioner. Mr.C.R.Sonawane, AGP for Respondents. --- CORAM: D.K.DESHMUKH & A.R.JOSHI, JJ. DATED: 8TH FEBRUARY,2010 P.C.: 1. The petitioner by this petition challenges the order passed by the Scrutiny committee holding that the claim of the petitioner that he belongs to Mahadeo Koli, Scheduled Tribe is not valid. The Scrutiny Committee has relied on a pre 1950 document 2 in which the caste of the real uncle of the petitioner in the school record is shown as Hindu Sonkoli and not Mahadeo Koli. The scrutiny committee has also applied affinity test and come to the conclusion that the claim of the petitioner that he belongs to Mahadev Koli is not valid. The Scrutiny committee is consisting of experts on the subject and it is constituted by the State Government as per the guidelines given by the Supreme Court in the case Madhuri Patil Vs. Addl.Commissioner, Tribal Development, 1994(6) SCC 241 . We do not find any reason to interfere with the order of the Scrutiny committee. The petition is, therefore, rejected. (D.K.DESHMUKH,J.) (A.R.JOSHI,J.)