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4. By common judgment dated 10.10.2022, respondent no.3/ Scrutiny Committee dismissed the appeals confirming the findings recorded by the trial authority. Learned Counsels for the petitioners submit that there was strong prima facie evidence in the form of caste certificate of Sanjay Mukundrao Rambhade, fasli record of 1936, school record, revenue record affidavits, panchanama etc. It is further submitted that appellate authority committed perversity in discarding documents in the modi script which is of 1936. It is further submitted that both the authorities committed error of jurisdiction in conducted inquiry threadbare by resorting to affinity test and the report of vigilance officer.

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5. Petitioner's claim is supported by revenue record of 1936 which is in modi script indicating caste of Mukunda as halba. The document has been discarded by unsustainable reason. It enures to the benefit of the petitioners, being pre-independence entry. Besides that we find school record, revenue record and affidavits to support caste claim of the petitioners. The genealogy has not been disputed. The relationship of the person mentioned in the document with the petitioner has also not been disputed. We are of the considered view that there is adequate material on record to issue tribe certificate to the petitioners.