Kambli 1 wp4357.10 & 4368.10 IN THE HIGH COURT JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.4357 OF 2010 ... Rajendra Bhangari Koli ...Petitioner v/s. State of Maharashtra and Ors. ...Respondents ... WITH WRIT PETITION NO.4368 OF 2010 ... Pramod Bhangari Koli ...Petitioner v/s. State of Maharashtra and Ors. ...Respondents ... Mr.N.V.Bandiwadekarfor the Petitioners. Mr.C.R.Sonawane, AGP for State. ... Kambli 2 wp4357.10 & 4368.10 CORAM: D.K.DESHMUKH & N.D.DESHPANDE,JJ. Dated: 20th October, 2010 P.C.: 1. The orders of the Sub Divisional Officer and the Appellate Authority declining to grant caste certificate to the Petitioners that they belong to Mahadeo-Koli caste are challenged in these petitions. Before the authorities mainly what was relied on was the validity certificate granted in favour of one Mr.Prakash Ramchandra Koli and the judgment of this Court in Writ Petition No.3050 of 1980 dated 10-1-1981 also in the case of Prakash Ramchandra Koli. The judgment and the validity certificate are of the year 1981 and that is before the judgment of the Supreme Court in the case of Kumari Madhuri Patil v/s. Addl.Commissioner, Tribe Dept., 1994 (6) SCC 241, and therefore no reliance can be Kambli 3 wp4357.10 & 4368.10 placed either on that judgment or the validity certificate issued pursuant to that judgment. In our opinion, therefore, the authorities, after having found that the Petitioners do not belong to Mahadeo Koli scheduled tribe, were justified in declining to grant a certificate to the Petitioner. Petitions are, therefore, rejected. (D.K.DESHMUKH,J.) (N.D.DESHPANDE,J.)