8.wp.8599-09 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITON NO.8599 OF 2009 Shri Chandrakant Suresh Gaikwad. ..Petitioner. Versus State of Maharashtra and others. ..Respondents. ... Mr.R.K. Mendadkar, Advocate for the Petitioner. Mr.C.R. Sonawane, AGP, for the Respondent - State. ... CORAM : D.K. DESHMUKH & A.R. JOSHI, JJ. DATED : FEBRUARY 02, 2010. P.C. 1. The petitioner by this Petition challenges the order of the Scrutiny Committee holding that the claim of the petitioner that he belongs to Mahadeo Koli, Scheduled Tribe is not valid. 2. We have heard the learned Counsel for both the sides. 3. We find that the Vigilance Cell has found from the village papers that the caste of the great grand-father of the petitioner was recorded as “Koli” in the year, 1943. The 8.wp.8599-09 2 Scrutiny Committee has also referred to the school record of other close relatives of the petitioner. In our opinion, therefore, as the order of the Scrutiny Committee is based on the definite material on record, it cannot be interfered. 4. Petition is rejected. (D.K. DESHMUKH,J.) (A.R. JOSHI, J.)