1 wp492-11 ttm IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.492 OF 2011 Akkubai Layappa Koli .. Petitioner Vs. State of Maharashtra and Ors. .. Respondents Mr.Kuldip T. Pawar for the petitioners Mr.C.R.Sonawane, A.G.P. for the respondents CORAM: D.K.DESHMUKH & K.K. TATED, JJ. DATE: 28TH JANUARY, 2011 P.C. 1. By this petition, the petitioner challenges the order passed by the Scrutiny Committee holding that the claim of the petitioner that he belongs to Mahadev Koli, scheduled tribe is not valid. 2. The claim was referred to Vigilance Cell by the Scrutiny Committee as required, in view of the directions issued by the Scrutiny Committee in the case of Kumari Madhuri Patil and Another vs. Additional Commissioner Tribal Development and Ors. Reported in 1994(6) Supreme Court Cases 241. That report was against the petitioner. Copy 2 wp492-11 of that report was given to the petitioner. The petitioner did not submit any reply. The petitioner admittedly, has not produced the record in relation to his father. The Scrutiny Committee has given reasons for rejecting the documents produced by the petitioner. It is clear from the record that the petitioner has failed to discharge the burden of proof cast on him. 3. Petition is rejected. (K.K. TATED, J) (D.K. DESHMUKH, J)