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12. In support of the contention of the tribe claim, the petitioner placed on record 61 documents in all. The petitioner relied on pre-independence and post-independence school admission registers and the School leaving certificates of her forefathers and close relatives. She also relied on the Birth and Death certificates of her relatives of pre-independence. The pre-independence documents were in Modi Script and translated by an expert translator. She also filed the affidavits of the persons with similar surnames stating that they were not her relatives. She specified the serial numbers in the vigilance report, which were not her relatives.

The Vigilance Report reveals that the Vigilance Officer has collected the colour copies of the school record prepared from the original record kept in Modi script and also sent him a questionnaire. The Head Master of Zilla Parishad Primary School of village Sonpule provided him with the documents as sought and replied that there was only one register in Modi script, and it was not rewritten. He had supplied the information from the original record. Considering the response of the Head Master to his letter dated 17.03.2021, the possibility of fake entries and rewriting the incorrect record is ruled out. The evidence collected by the Vigilance Cell is free from doubt. Hence, we do not accept the argument of learned senior counsel Mr. Sapkal that, in the absence of original before the Committee without anybody's request to produce the same, is a serious infirmity.

35. As regards clause (k), she has stated that her uncle Govinda Dagadu was admitted to the School in 1922. His caste had been mentioned as "Tokre Koli" in Modi script. However, while carrying forward in another school record in 1925 same had been taken simply as "Koli" for which he or she cannot be blamed. For clause (l), she has stated that the caste of his uncle Ramu Dagadu Koli has been mentioned as 'Koli" in the birth record. However, when he was admitted to School in 1921, his caste was mentioned as 'Tokar Koli". So far as the difference in 26 WP.2691-22.odt the date of birth and School record, she explained that no care was taken due to widespread poverty, illiteracy etc. Even now, most of the students are admitted to the School in the month of June, and their birth dates are mentioned as 1 st June, which is within a special knowledge of the Committee. Nothing prevented the Vigilance Cell from taking up the matter before the higher authority to make the school record available in Modi script.

55. The rozanama further reveals that the petitioner's Counsel had produced two documents. Those were supplied to the opponent. The Committee referred those documents to the Vigilance Committee and directed to verify their genuineness within two days.

56. Pursuant to the directions, the Vigilance Cell submitted its report on 14.01.2022 on page No.722 in the original proceeding. The Vigilance Cell tested the veracity of the birth- death register from the year 1880 to 1914 maintained by Tahasil Office at Chopda, District Jalgaon. He finds that the registers from 1880 to 1914 are in Modi script. He obtained colour copies of the Modi script register from the Tahasil Office and got it translated by translator Mr. Shripad Nandedkar. It was revealed that the persons namely, (a) Saki s/o Ragho s/o Bhila, (b) Dhagi w/o Yedu Avachit, (c) Dagadu s/o Wedu s/o 37 WP.2691-22.odt Ukha, (d) Rama s/o Kautik, (e) Tanu s/o Bakadu s/o Rama, (f) Dagadu s/o Eka s/o Bakadu, and (g) Dasrya s/o Ragho s/o Bhila were born pre-indpendence and their caste is "Tokare Koli".