IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 2653 OF 2007 WRIT PETITION NO. 2653 OF 2007 WRIT PETITION NO. 2653 OF 2007 Imran Bashir Haveri ...Petitioner V/s. State of Maharashtra & Ors. ...Respondents Mr.R.M. Momin for the Petitioner. Mr.V.S. Gokhale, AGP for Respondent Nos.1 and 2. Mr.S.S. Patwardhan for Respondent No.3. Mr.Tejpal S. Ingale for Respondent No.5. CORAM : D.K. DESHMUKH & CORAM : D.K. DESHMUKH & CORAM : D.K. DESHMUKH & V.M. KANADE, JJ. V.M. KANADE, JJ. V.M. KANADE, JJ. DATED : JANUARY 10, 2008 DATED : JANUARY 10, 2008 DATED : JANUARY 10, 2008 P.C. :- P.C. :- P.C. :- . By this petition, the petitioner challenges the order of the Caste Scrutiny Committee holding that the claim of the petitioner that he belongs to ’Gavandi’ - Other Backward Class is not valid. Caste ’Gavandi’ was included in the list of Other Backward Class in Maharashtra in 1967. The Caste Scrutiny Committee has held that the petitioner has not produced a single document of the period before 1967 showing that either the petitioner or any of his relative belonged to ’Gavandi’ Caste. After having heard the learned Counsel for the petitioner and perused the record, we find nothing wrong with the order. . Petition is rejected. (D.K. DESHMUKH, J.) (D.K. DESHMUKH, J.) (D.K. DESHMUKH, J.) (V.M. KANADE, J.) (V.M. KANADE, J.) (V.M. KANADE, J.)