JUDGMENT - M.S. JAMDAR, J.:---The petitioner who claims to belong to the Scheduled Tribes "Mahadev Koli" sought admission to the Medical College at Aurangabad in the quota reserved for the Scheduled Tribes on the basis of the marks obtained by him in the Biology group at the H.S.C. Examination held in March 1983. He secured 65% marks in the Biology group and stood third in the merit list of the Scheduled Tribe candidates who had applied for admission to the Medical College against the seats reserved for Scheduled Tribe candidates. He was refused admission on the ground that he does not belong to Schedule Tribe, Mahadev Koli. The finding to that effect was recorded by the Director of Social Welfare, Pune in his capacity as the chairman of the Caste Verification Committee constituted by the Government to scrutinise the caste claims of persons applying for admission to various educational institutions and for employment in Government service. The finding was confirmed by the Director of Tribal Development cum-Additional Commissioner of Tribal Development, Maharashtra State, Nasik, in the Caste Appeal No. 17 of 1983 preferred by the petitioner. The petitioner has challenged these findi

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