wp1428.08 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD. WRIT PETITION NO.1428 OF 2008 Sidheshwar Ramdas Koli ...PETITIONER. VERSUS The State of Maharashtra and others. ...RESPONDENTS. ... Shri S.R. Barlinge, Advocate for Petitioner. Shri P.P. More, AGP for Respondent No.1 & 3. Shri R.P. Phatake, Advocate for R.No.2 ... CORAM : SMT. NISHITA MHATRE AND S.S. SHINDE, JJ. DATE : 21st MARCH, 2011. PER COURT: 1. The petition has been preferred against the order of the Scrutiny Committee dated 3rd May, 2007. The petitioner's claim that he belongs to the Tokare Koli Scheduled Tribe has been negatived by the Scrutiny Committee. We find from a perusal of the order of the Scrutiny Committee that the Committee has considered wp1428.08 2 various documents produced by the petitioner including the validity certificates in favour of his relatives namely Rajaram Tukare Sapkale, Narendra Kadu Sapkale and Pratibha Shantaram Taide. The committee found that the petitioner has filed his own affidavit contending that these persons were related to him and that he should also be issued a certificate indicating that he belongs to the Tokare Koli community as was done in respect of the afore mentioned persons. The committee has found that the genealogical tree was not produced on record by the petitioner. The Committee has noticed that the certificates with respect to petitioner's parents indicate that both of them belonged to the Koli community. In these circumstances, the Committee has refused to entertain the petitioner's claim. The committee had also considered the enquiry report of the Vigilance Cell and after affording a personal hearing to the petitioner, it has rejected his tribe claim. 2. In our opinion, there is no need to wp1428.08 3 interfere with the decision of the Committee. The caste mentioned of the petitioner's father and mother in the certificates produced by him before the Scrutiny Committee will certainly have greater probity than the validity certificates issued in favour of the petitioner's relatives. Indeed, the caste of the petitioner's parents would determine that of the petitioner. The petition is rejected. [ S.S. SHINDE, J ] [SMT. NISHITA MHATRE, J] ... PLK/*