:1: IN IN IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.139 OF 2009 Neelam Prakash Putta. ..Petitioner. Vs. The State of Maharashtra and ors. ..Respondents. Mr.R.V.Govilkar i/by H.B. Takke for the Petitioner. Mr.Shekhar Ingawale, AGP. for the Respondents 1 and 4. Mr.S.B.Shetye for the Respondent No.5. CORAM : D.K. DESHMUKH & R.S.MOHITE, JJ. DATE : 04th May, 2009 P.C. P.C. P.C. 1. By this petition, the petitioner challenges an order dated 29.7.2008 passed by the Caste Scrutiny Committee holding that she does not belong to Naikpod caste. Admittedly, the petitioner has not produced any document of pre 1950 period which will even remotely suggest that the petitioner or his blood relations belong to Naikpod caste. In view of the settled law laid down by the Supreme Court, no fault can be found with the impugned order. 2. The petitioner has relied upon the caste certificate issued in favour of her father by the State of Andhara Pradesh. So far as caste certificates are concerned, they do not have probative value because they are normally issued on the basis of the affidavit of the person concerned. No substance in the petition. :2: Petition rejected. The learned counsel for the petitioner states that this court has granted interim order in favour of the petitioner. If any, interim order is operative, the same may be continued for four weeks from today. ( D.K. DESHMUKH, J.) (R. S. MOHITE, J.)