1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 6674 OF 2007 Pournima Suryakant Pawar ..... Petitioner. V/s State of Maharashtra & Ors. ..... Respondents. ----- Mr. R.K. Mendadkar for the petitioner. Mr. R.D. Rane Government Pleader for the respondents - State. ----- CORAM : D.K. DESHMUKH & V.M. KANADE, JJ. DATE : 8th January, 2008 P.C.: By this Petition, the Petitioner challenges the order passed by the Scrutiny Committee, holding that the caste certificate issued in favour of the Petitioner that he belongs to Thakar Scheduled Tribe is not valid. Perusal of the order passed by the Scrutiny Committee shows that the Scrutiny Committee has relied on the document which relates to the year 1890 of the great grant- father of the Petitioner where the caste of the great grand- father of the Petitioner is shown as Bhat. This being an ancient document, it is a most reliable document and, therefore, in our opinion, the Scrutiny Committee was fully justified in relying on that document. Petition is rejected. (D.K. DESHMUKH, J.) 2 (V.M. KANADE, J.)