8.wp.5028-06 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.5028 OF 2006 Shilpa Vishnu Thakur. ..Petitioner. Versus State of Maharashtra and four others. ..Respondents. .... Mr.R.K. Mendadkar, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr.V.A.   Gangal,   Advocate   with   Mr.S.S.   Deshmukh   and   Ashok Gade, Advocates for the respondent. .... CORAM :  D.K. DESHMUKH, AND K.K. TATED, JJ. DATED   :  30TH NOVEMBER, 2009 P.C.:­ 1. Heard learned Counsel  for  both  the  sides.   Perused the judgment of the Full Bench in the case of  Shilpa Vishnu Thakur  vs. State of Maharashtra and Ors.  reported in 2009(3) Mh.L.J. 995. 2. In   para   10   of   the   order,   the   Scrutiny   Committee   has recorded a clear finding of fact that 8.wp.5028-06 2 "... after hearing the Applicant's father during the course of hearing the Committee has come to the conclusion that the petitioner has completely failed   to   establish   that   she   is   a   person   who belongs   to   Scheduled   Tribe   "Thakar",   as enumerated under the Presidential Order for the State of Maharashtra issued under Article 324 of the   Constitution   of   India   and   as   such   her application has to be rejected." 3. The Scrutiny Committee is a body of experts. Once, such a body   of   experts   records   finding   of   fact   based   on   their knowledge of the subject, in our opinion, the High Court in its   extraordinary   jurisdiction   under   Article   226   of Constitution of India should not interfere with such finding. 4. The learned Counsel for the petitioner submitted that the Committee has not considered the opinion of Mr.Mutatkar who is said to be an expert on the subject. In our opinion, the Scheduled Tribe Certificate Scrutiny Committee which scrutinizes certificates is itself a body of experts.  It consists of peoples who have knowledge of the subject.   It is for them to decide which expert opinion is to be considered. The High Court in exercise of its extraordinary jurisdiction cannot be a Judge of that. 8.wp.5028-06 3 5. Taking overall view of the matter, in view of the finding recorded by the Full Bench, in our opinion, the Petition cannot be entertained.  Writ Petition is rejected. 6. At the request of the learned Counsel for the petitioner, the operation of the interim order is extended for a period of eight weeks. (D.K.DESHMUKH,J) (K.K. TATED,J)