:1: IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 8348 OF 2007 WRIT PETITION NO. 8348 OF 2007 WRIT PETITION NO. 8348 OF 2007 Vishranti Gajanan Pedhvi & Ors. ..Petitioners versus State of Maharashtra & Ors. ..Respondents Mr. R. K. Mendadkar for the Petitioners. Mr. S. R. Nargolkar, AGP for the Respondents. CORAM : S.B. MHASE and CORAM : S.B. MHASE and CORAM : S.B. MHASE and A.A. KUMBHAKONI, JJ. A.A. KUMBHAKONI, JJ. A.A. KUMBHAKONI, JJ. DATE : 21ST APRIL, 2008. DATE : 21ST APRIL, 2008. DATE : 21ST APRIL, 2008. P.C. P.C. P.C. 1. Heard. 2. Order passed by the Scrutiny Committee, Konkan Division, Thane, dated 7.8.2007, is challenged by the petitioners. The Petitioners are claiming social status as "Mahadeo Koli". 3. We have gone through the record and Order of the Scrutiny Committee. The Scrutiny Committee has found that the documents more specifically :2: pre-constitutional documents produced before the Vigilance Cell show that the Petitioners are "Son Koli" and/or "Dongar Koli". The Scrutiny Committee has also found that the traits and characteristics of the petitioners do not match with that of "Mahadeo Koli". It is apparent from the impugned order that the information furnished by the Vigilance Cell also reveals that the Petitioners are not aware of Waghbaras and Gaonbaras, which are peculiar traditions observed by "Mahadeo Koli". The petitioners and their family is also not aware of the head of the Jat Panchayat etc. therefore, it has been observed that the Scrutiny Committee has considered the material on record and thereafter have concluded that the basic traits and traditions have not been established and the Petitioners are unaware of that, and therefore we refrain to entertain the Petition. Petition is dismissed accordingly. (A. A. KUMBHAKONI, J.) (A. A. KUMBHAKONI, J.) (A. A. KUMBHAKONI, J.) (S. B. MHASE, J.) (S. B. MHASE, J.) (S. B. MHASE, J.)