1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR. Writ Petition No. 5385 of 2010 Ku Renuka and anr v. State of Maharashtra and ors -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Office notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders or directions and Registrar's orders. Court's or Judge's Orders. Mr A.D. Patil, Adv for petitioners Mr V.A. Thakare, AGP for respdt no.1 Respdt no. 2 served Mr Kalmeghe, Adv for respdt no.3 Dr B. G. Kulkarni, Adv for respdt no.4 Coram: B. P. Dharmadhikari & A. P. Bhangale, JJ Dated: 16th August 2011 1. Heard respective counsel. Petitioners sought validity claiming to be “SBC” as belonging to Koshti caste. The Scrutiny Committee has rejected the caste claim after noticing that they are from Khairagad (Chhatisgarh) and there is no document to show that they were domiciled in the State of Maharashtra since prior to 1967. Copy of Lease Deed is filed along with petition to show that cousin grand-father of the petitioner is resident of Nagpur and he has got immovable property in Nagpur. Father of petitioners was residing with said cousin grand-father. 2. Respective counsel appearing for respondents have urged that except for oral statement or affidavit, no documentary proof has been produced to show that father of petitioners had joint stay with cousin grand-father of the 2 petitioners. There is no ration card or similar document or voters list to show that father of petitioners was residing as family member with cousin grand-father of the petitioners. There is no explanation as to why any such document could not be filed on record. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioners states that as father of petitioners was illiterate, documents of the period prior to 1967 are not available. He is not in a position to assign any reason as to why document like ration card or voters list supporting theory of joint stay is not available and filed. 4. The Scrutiny Committee has passed order after perusing vigilance cell report. The finding recorded by the Scrutiny Committee is a finding of fact which cannot be interfered with in a writ jurisdiction. No case is made out warranting interference. Writ Petition dismissed. No costs. Judge Judge joshi