JUDGMENT :

Hrishikesh Roy, J.

Heard Mr. Kunal Cheema, learned counsel appearing for the appellant. Mr. Aaditya Aniruddha Pande, learned counsel appears for the State of Maharashtra and District Caste Certificate Verification Committee, Akola [respondent nos.1 and 2 respectively]. Mr. Gaurav Agrawal, learned counsel appears for the Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (Respondent No. 4).

2. The challenge here is to the judgment dated 18.09.2018 of the Division Bench of the High Court whereby the appellant’s challenge to the finding of the District Caste Certificate Scrutiny Committee, Akola (for short, “Scrutiny Committee”) invalidating her Caste Certificate was dismissed. The appellant claims to belong to Nomadic Tribe-Ghisadi of Maharashtra mentioned at Entry (8) of Schedule II in the Government Resolution dated 21.11.1961 i.e., Ghisadi-Lohar. By virtue of Circular dated 27.03.1965, the appellant claims to belong to the Ghisadi-Lohar community which is made equivalent to Entry No. (8) of the Schedule II of the Resolution.

3. The fore-fathers of the appellant migrated from the State of Rajasthan and the appellant’s grand-father settled in Akola, Maharashtra. The appellant sought r