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4. The Scheduled Tribe Certificate Scrutiny Committee, Nagpur ("the Committee") records the finding that the documents indicate the entries like 'Mane Ku', 'Mana Ku', 'Ku Mana', 'Mana Kunbi', 'Patil Mana', 'Mane', 'Mani', 'Kunbi', etc., which is a sub-caste or class of 'Kunbi', a non-tribal community. The documents do not speak of social status as tribe or caste when two different social status synonymous groups exist in Society, out of which one is tribe and other is caste of other social status. The Committee holds that the socio-cultural affinity test, therefore, plays a vital role.

6. The Committee relies upon the Circular/Notification issued by the State of Maharashtra, Education and Sports Department indicating that 'Mana' caste is classified under Other Backward Class category at Serial No.268 and later the said caste was classified under Special Backward Class category at Serial No.2 in the list published by the Social Justice Department. The Committee holds that the Government Resolutions dated 24-4-1985 and 12-9-1986 prescribe the guidelines to check the synonymous non-tribal caste to restrict the obtaining of caste or tribe certificates by pseudo tribals.