JUDGMENT

Bharati H. Dangre, J. - The petitioner who was declared defeated in general elections held for the post of Panch member from Ward No.VII in Village Panchayat of Santa Cruz in the year 2017 at the hands of the petitioner, has assailed the order passed by the Scrutiny Committee for Verification of Caste Certificate, Porvorim, i.e. respondent no.2, allowing the claim of the respondent no.4 as belonging to Christian Mahar community (OBC). The respondent no.4, Mariano Luis Anselmo De Araujo contested the election from Ward no. VII on the basis of the certificate obtained by him from the Deputy Collector and Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Panaji-Goa on 24.05.2017, when the said certificate was put up for scrutiny before respondent no.2 Committee duly constituted for verification of caste claims, it is the petitioner who had intervened in the proceedings before the Committee. By the impugned order passed on 11.04.2019, the complaint filed by the petitioner before the Caste Scrutiny Committee challenging the certificate issued in favour of the respondent no.4 has been rejected and by the very same order, the Committee scrutinized the claim of the respondent no.4 belonging to Christian