ORDER :

S.G. Chapalgaonkar, J.

1. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith. With the consent of the parties, matter is taken up for final hearing at the stage of admission.

2. The petitioner approaches this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, assailing order dated 13.05.2022 passed by respondent no.2-Scheduled Tribe Certificate Scrutiny Committee, Kinwat, thereby rejecting caste claim of the petitioner as belonging to ‘Mannervarlu’, Scheduled Tribe.

3. Mr. Thorat, learned Advocate appearing for the petitioner would submit that the petitioner belongs to the ‘Mannervarlu’, Scheduled Tribe. The Competent Authority had issued caste certificate in his favour. The claim of the petitioner was referred for verification to the respondent-Scheduled Tribe Certificate Verification Committee, which was supported by validity of the blood relative i.e. Pandurang Vitthal Deshatwad (real uncle), so also some other documents. The Committee on its own, examined the record in the matter of his uncle’s validity and found that the claim of the cousin uncle of the petitioner namely Vishwanath Mahajan Deshatwad was invalidated in the year 1998. By suppressing the said fact he obtained fresh vali