IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE WRIT PETITION NO.581 OF 2005 Raghunath Butya Gaikar. ...Petitioner. Vs. State of Maharashtra & Ors. ...Respondents. .... Mr. R. K. Mendadkar for the Petitioner. Mr. R.D. Rane, GP for Respondent No.1 to 4. ..... CORAM : A.P. SHAH AND DR.D.Y.CHANDRACHUD, JJ. June 9, 2005. P.C.: Heard Mr.Mendadkar appearing for the Petitioner and the Learned GP for the State. Perused the order of the Scrutiny Committee. It is seen from the order that a vigilance enquiry was conducted and as per the vigilance report, the Petitioner has no knowledge of traits and characteristic of Mahadeo Koli Tribe to which he claims to belong and he has failed to prove the cultural affinity. As far as school record is concerned, the Committee found that originally the caste of the Petitioner's father and other parental relations was recorded as Koli and subsequently, it was changed as Mahadeo Koli by tampering with the record. Reliance placed on the Validity Certificate of the daughter of the Petitioner's sister is misplaced inasmuch as that Validity Certificate was issued on the Caste entry of her father and not on the basis of her mother. In the circumstances, no interference is called for with the order of the Scrutiny Committee. The petition is dismissed. ......