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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

WRIT PETITION NO.5153/2008

Ishwar Shrirang Gaware

Petitioner

Vs.

The State of Maharashtra & Ors.

Respondents

Mr.A.M.Joshi for the petitioner

Mr.P.S.Cardozo,AGP for the State

CORAM : V.C.Daga,&

Mrs.Mridula Bhatkar,JJ.

Date : 30^h March,2009.

P.C.

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This petition is directed against the order dated 27/3/2008

passed by the Scrutiny Committee in case no.323 /2003 whereby a

Tribe Certificate claimed by the petitioner came to be rejected. On

being noticed the respondent nos.1 & 2 have filed affidavit in reply

and brought to our notice that earlier the petitioner had applied for

verification and certification of tribe claim which was rejected by an

order dated 20/5/1997. The relevant part of the affidavit reads as

under :-

Petitioner also filed affidavit in Form ''E' ' dated

02/06/2004 in which it is specifically mentioned that ''

No Scheduled Tribe Certificate any of my relatives from

paternal side is ever held invalid by the Committee''.

Petitioner also submitted information in Form ' 'E'' in

column 17(a) in which it is asked that '' Whether any of

the member of family claim