sk 1 wp10083.10 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE WRIT PETITION NO.10083 OF 2010 Tayyappa Kallappa Koli : Petitioner V/s. State of Maharashtra & Ors. : Respondents .... Mr.A.Y.Sakhare, Senior Advocate, with Mr.Y.K.S.Legal for the petitioner. Mr.C.R.Sonawane, Asstt. Govt. Pleader for respondent nos.1 to 3. .... CORAM : D.D. SINHA AND SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,JJ. DATE : AUGUST 16, 2011. P.C.: Heard the learned Senior Advocate for the petitioner and the learned Asstt. Govt. Pleader for the respondent nos.1 to 3. 2. This Writ Petition is directed against the order dated 30.10.2010 passed by the Scheduled Tribe Certificate Scrutiny Committee, Pune Region, Pune, whereby the caste claim of the petitioner as belonging to Koli Mahadev, Scheduled Tribe came to be invalidated. 3. The learned Senior Advocate for the petitioner has submitted that apart from other grounds, the ground which is relevant is that the Caste sk 2 wp10083.10 Scrutiny Committee failed to take into consideration certificate pertaining to cousin grandfather of the petitioner of the year 1925 where the caste is mentioned as Mahadev Koli. It is submitted that the procedure adopted by the Caste Scrutiny Committee in keeping the said document completely out of consideration has resulted in gross injustice to the petitioner and, therefore, the order itself is not sustainable in law. 4. We have considered the contentions canvassed by the learned counsel and perused the impugned order passed. Perusal of paragraph 3 of the impguend order shows that the Committee has given a chart showing documents pertaining to the petitioner’s cousin great grandfather, cousin grandfather and cousin aunt. A perusal of the chart shows that the documents pertaining to all these close relatives of the petitioners are of the years 1910, 1917, 1919, etc., where the case is mentioned as Hindu Mahadev Koli or Koli. In none of these documents, the caste is mentioned as Mahadev Koli and, therefore, the Caste Scrutiny Committee, in our view, was justified in invalidating the caste claim of the petitioner, ignoring the document of the year 1925 which is admittedly not the one in earlier point of time than the other documents produced of earlier years wherein the caste mentioned is Hindu Mahadev Koli. sk 3 wp10083.10 5. For the reasons stated hereinabove, no case is made out for interference. Writ Petition is dismissed. (D.D. SINHA, J.) (SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,J.)