1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 8754 OF 2005 Hari Vishwambhar Koli .. Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Maharashtra and others .. Respondents Shri V. G. Sakolkar, Advocate for the Petitioner. Shri R. P. Phatake, A.G.P. for the Respondent No. 1. Shri U. S. Malte, Advocate for the Respondent No. 2. CORAM : NARESH H. PATIL, AND N. D. DESHPANDE, JJ. DATE : 30TH MARCH, 2010. ORAL ORDER [Per NARESH H. PATIL, J. ] : . Heard. 2. The petitioner's caste claim was verified by the Committee. The petitioner claimed to be belonging to "Mahadev Koli." He produced birth certificates of his father, elder brother of his father and himself. Apart from these documents, the fathers 2 birth certificate issued by Gram Sevak refers to the caste of his father Hindu (Mahaeo) Koli and in the same manner, the caste certificate issued in the case of elder brother of petitioner's father. The document in relation to petitioner i. e. birth certificate was issued by Gram Sevak wherein, his caste is mentioned as Hindu (Mahadeo) Koli, but school leaving certificate mentions the petitioner's caste as Hindu Koli. 3. These are the main documents produced by the petitioner. The petitioner did not reply to the vigilance cell report, nor attended the date of hearing before the Committee. The Committee observed that an ex-parte order had to be passed in view of the order passed by the High Court for time bound disposal of the caste claim. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner Shri Sakolkar submits that the petitioner's father and other family members are illiterate and, therefore, no other evidence could be produced by the petitioner except one which is on record. The original record was produced by learned counsel Shri Malte before us, which we have perused. We find from the record that much reliance is placed by the petitioner on two birth certificates issued by the 3 gram sevak in respect of father and uncle of the petitioner. There is contradiction in the two documents produced by the petitioner. The certificate issued by the gram sevak refers to petitioner belonging to Hindu (Mahaeo) Koli, wherein, the school leaving certificate mentions the caste as Hindu Koli. 5. The evidence produced by the petitioner is not sound having probative value to establish his caste claim. The vigilance cell report is also against the petitioner. In this view of the matter, no interference is called for by this Court. There is no apparent error in the view adopted by the Committee. The writ petition is dismissed. [ N. D. DESHPANDE, J.] [NARESH H. PATIL, J.] bsb/Mar.10