1 IN THE HIGH COURT JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.8472 OF 2009 Nageshwar Krishna Ranjane. ...Petitioner vs. 1.State of Maharashtra & ors. ...Respondents --- Mr.Milind Deshmukh, for Petitioner. Mr.S.R.Nargolkar, AGP for Respondent no.1. --- CORAM: D.K.DESHMUKH & A.R.JOSHI, JJ. DATED: 8TH FEBRUARY,2010 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 Mahadeo Koli Scheduled Tribe is not valid. Perusal of the order of the Scrutiny Committee shows that 2 the Scrutiny committee has relied on two pre-1950 documents, both relate to real uncles of the petitioner which show that their caste is Maratha . The scrutiny committee has also applied affinity test. The Scrutiny committee has been constituted by the Government pursuant to the directions issued by the Supreme Court in the case Madhuri Patil Vs. Addl. Commissioner, Tribal Development, 1994(6) SCC 241 and it consists of experts who have knowledge of the subject. Therefore, we see no reason to interfere with the order. The petition is, therefore, rejected. (D.K.DESHMUKH,J.) (A.R.JOSHI,J.)