1 Lrs IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION No.8612/2009 Shri Anil Laxman Khamkar ..Petitioner. vs. State of Maharashtra ..Respondent. Mr M. B. Gawade, Advocate for the Petitioner. Mr Nargolkar, A.G.P., for Respondent Nos.1 and 2. Mr G.H. Keluskar, Advocate for respondent No.3. CORAM: D.K. DESHMUKH AND A.R.JOSHI,JJ DATED: 5TH JANUARY,2010 P.C.:- By this petition, the petitioner challenges the order passed by the Scrutiny Committee, dated 2 24th August, 2009, holding that the claim of the petitioner that he belongs to  Mahadeo Koli, Scheduled Tribe is not valid. The submission of the learned counsel for the petitioner is that the two reports of the Vigilance Cell were in favour of the petitioner,still the Scrutiny Committee relying on the third report of the Vigilance Cell has negated the claim of the petitioner. We have gone through the record. Perusal of the first two reports of the Vigilance Cell shows that there was no detail inquiry held by the Vigilance Cell as per the procedure laid down by the Supreme Court by its judgment in the case of Madhuri Patil (1994) 6 SCC 241. When the third time, an inquiry was made, a report from the office of the Tahsildar was called. The Scrutiny Committee has examined the entire record. The entries pertaining to the period before 1950 shows that in relation to the grand father and the great-grand-father of the petitioner entry is Koli . The Scrutiny Committee has examined the entire records produced before it 3 and has given reasons why it has come to the conclusion that the petitioner cannot claim that he belongs to Mahadeo Koli, Scheduled Tribe. The Scrutiny Committee has also considered the validity certificates on which reliance was placed by the petitioner claiming that this validity certificates have been issued in favour of the persons related to the petitioner. The Scrutiny Committee has also applied the affinity test and has come to the conclusion that the petitioner cannot claim that he belongs to Mahadeo Koli Scheduled Tribe. We do not find any reason to interfere with the order passed by the Scrutiny Committee which consists of expert on the subject. In the result, petition is hereby rejected. (D.K. DESHMUKH,J) (A.R.JOSHI,J)