Petitioner challenged the acceptance of respondent No.3's claim of belonging to Kunbi-OBC caste based on historical documents. The Court found old documents probative against newer ones and dismissed the petition.
Petitioner's writ petition is dismissed as devoid of merit.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
WRIT PETITION NO. 616 OF 2018
Vasant Govind Kalokhe ..Petitioner Versus State of Maharashtra and ors. ..Respondents
Mr. C. K. Bhangoji i/b. Ms. Priyanka Shaw, advocate for the petitioner. Mr. V. N. Sagare, AGP for the State.
Mr. V. A. Madane, advocate for the respondent No.6.
Mr. V. A. Thorat, senior advocate along with Mr. Surel S. Shah i/b. Mr. P. G. Kathane, advocate for the respondent No.3.
CORAM : RANJIT MORE & SMT.ANUJA PRABHUDESSAI, JJ. DATE : 14th FEBRUARY, 2018.
P. C. :
Heard.
Shubhada S Kadam 1/3
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the genealogy. The genealogy of the respondent No.3 is held to be proved. While passing the impugned order, the respondent No.2-Caste Scrutiny Committee relied upon the documents at serial Nos. 5 and 6. The document as serial No.5 pertained to the petitioner's great grand uncle and document at serial No.6 pertained to the petitioner's great grand father. The document at serial No.5 is of the year – 1888-89 and the document at No.6 is of the year 1886. Both these documents show that the petitioner's great grand uncle and grand father belonged to the Kunbi Caste. In addition to this, the respondent No.2-Caste Scrutiny Committee also relied upon the vigilance report which supported the petitioner's claim.
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interfere with the same in exercise of jurisdiction conferred upon this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. The petition is
devoid of any merit and is, accordingly, dismissed.
[SMT.ANUJA PRABHUDESSAI, J.] [RANJIT MORE, J.]
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1 issue framed by the court
Whether there is any error in the order passed by the Caste Scrutiny Committee accepting the petitioner's claim of belonging to Kunbi-OBC caste.
Vasant Govind Kalokhe
State of Maharashtra
Ranjit More
Anuja Prabhudessai
As recorded by the court registry
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