JUDGMENT

MILIND RAMESH PHADKE, J. - The present Petition had been preferred being aggrieved by the order dtd. 18/09/2018 passed by State Level Caste Scrutiny Committee (shall be referred to as 'Committee'), by which instead of scrutinizing the caste certificate afresh, the earlier order dtd. 08/06/2016 passed by it had been confirmed, on the ground that the order passed by the committee was illegal, as the caste of the Petitioner was not in dispute, the caste certificate issued by Mandal Coordinator issued in the year 1990 was not in dispute and the certificate issued by SubDivisional-Officer, Bhander was also not in dispute, the only dispute was with regard to certificate which was issued by the Tehsilder, which had been declared to be forged on the ground that in revenue records the entry of aforesaid certificate does not exists, when during Police investigation Tehsildar had categorically admitted that the certificate was issued under his signatures, thus, since the Petitioner was being victimized due to procedural lapses, the fault of which could not be attributed to the Petitioner, the present Petition was filed.

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