22. wp 6345-11.doc RMA IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 6345 OF 2011 Asifa Mohammad Hanif Patel .. Petitioner Vs Divisional Caste Certificate Scrutiny Committee No. 3, Pune & Anr .. Respondents Mr. R.M. Momin for the Petitioner Mr. V.S. Gokhale, AGP for the State CORAM : D. D. SINHA & SMT. V.K. TAHILRAMANI, JJ DATE : 17th AUGUST, 2011. P.C.: 1. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned AGP. 2. The Writ Petition is directed against the order dated 1st April, 2011 passed by the Caste Scrutiny Committee whereby the caste claimed by the petitioner as belonging to Dagadphodu (V.J.) came to be invalidated. 3. Considered the contentions canvassed by the learned counsel for the petitioner. It is not in dispute that the following documents were placed before the Committee and considered 1 22. wp 6345-11.doc by the Committee, those are: i. School Leaving Certificate of the grandfather of the petitioner wherein the caste mentioned as Musalman. ii. School leaving certificate of the father of the petitioner wherein the caste mentioned as Musalman. iii. Other documents pertaining to the petitioner himself place before the Authorities, in some of them caste mentioned as Musalman, Muslim Dagadphodu and Dagadphodu. In view of the above referred documents, the Caste Scrutiny Committee came to the conclusion that the petitioner failed to establish that he belongs to Dagadphodu (V.J.). 4. In our view, the order of the Caste Scrutiny Committee is just and proper, needs no interference. The Writ Petition suffers from lack of merits and hence, the same is dismissed. [ SMT. V.K. TAHILRAMANI, J ] [ D. D. SINHA, J ] 2 22. wp 6345-11.doc 3