skc 1 WP-5422-11 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 5422 OF 2011 Savita Bharat Ranjane ..Petitioner versus State of Maharashtra & Ors. ..Respondents Mr. P. S. Dani for Petitioner. Mr. C. R. Sonawane - Assistant Government Pleader for Respondents. CORAM : D. D. SINHA AND SMT. V. K. TAHILRAMANI, JJ. 25 August 2011 P.C. : Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for the State. 2. The writ petition is directed against the order dated 15th March 2011 passed by The Scheduled Tribe Certificate Scrutiny Committee, Pune, whereby the caste claim of the petitioner as belonging to Koli Mahadeo (scheduled tribe) came to be invalidated. 3. Considered the contentions canvassed by the learned counsel and skc 2 WP-5422-11 perused the impugned order passed. Perusal of the impugned order shows that the case of the petitioner was handed over by the Caste Scrutiny Committee to the Vigilance Cell for conducting school, home and other enquiry. The Vigilance Officer has submitted his report dated 12th July 2010 to the Committee along with the documents which are mentioned in paragraph 3 of the impugned order, perusal of the same would show that in the school admission extract dated 1st May 1956 of the father of the petitioner i.e. Ramchandra Mahadu Sabale caste mentioned is Hindu Koli, in school admission extract dated 1st June 1959 in respect of the uncle of the petitioner, viz. Nathu Mahadu Sabale caste mentioned is Hindu Koli. Similar is the situation in respect of another uncle of the petitioner, viz. Balu Mahadu Sabale. In view of these documents pertaining to the father and uncles of the petitioner, the Caste Scrutiny Committee came to the conclusion that the petitioner failed to establish that she belonged to Mahadeo Koli (scheduled tribe). 4. It appears that so far as the document dated 1st May 1956 pertaining to the father of the petitioner is concerned, there is some interpolation. It appears that in the said document in the column of caste it was mentioned that father of the petitioner belonged to Hindu M. Koli, however, the word M is interpolated and therefore the Caste Scrutiny Committee discarded this skc 3 WP-5422-11 document on this count also. We would like to observe that even if the word M would be considered to be very much there in the column of caste and even if we presume that there was no interpolation, even then the Committee did not have the power to consider this aspect since it has to go by the name of the caste mentioned in the column of the caste. 5. For the reasons stated herein above, no case is made out for showing indulgence. Writ petition is dismissed. (D. D. SINHA, J.) (SMT. V. K. TAHILRAMANI, J.)