V. RAMASUBRAMANIAN, J.

The petitioner, who is the daughter of a couple who got married transgressing the barriers of Caste, has come up with the present writ petition seeking a Mandamus to declare the action of the 2nd respondent-University in not considering the case of the petitioner for admission to under-graduate medical courses under the quota reserved for Scheduled Castes, in the certificate verification conducted on 14.07.2016

2. Heard Mr. M. Srinivasa Rao, learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Government Pleader for Education appearing for the 1st respondent, and Mr. Taddi Nageswara Rao, learned standing counsel appearing for the 2nd respondent-University.

3. Admittedly, the petitioners father belonged to the Reddy community, which is treated as a forward community. The petitioners mother belonged to a community known as Mala, which is classified as a Scheduled Caste in the State of Andhra Pradesh under G.O.Ms No. 58, Social Welfare, dated 12.05.1997

4. Claiming that she was born out of an inter-caste marriage and that she and her siblings were brought by her mother in her native place, according to the customs and practices prevailing in the Mala community, the pe