JUDGMENT

G.NARENDAR, J. -

Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Deputy Solicitor General on behalf of respondent No.1 and the learned Additional Government Advocate on behalf of respondent No.2.

2. The facts in a nutshell are that; the petitioner is a Doctor by profession having completed her Under Graduation and is an aspirant for a Post Graduation course. That she enrolled in the National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test-PG (NEET-PG) and completed the entrance examination. She was assigned registered No.23661000587. The examinations having been completed and the answers scripts having been evaluated it has been declared that the petitioner has secured 218 marks and assigned All India Ranking of 144331.

3. It is the case of the petitioner that she belongs to Vokkaliga caste which is categorized under the Other Backward Category (OBC) in the State of Karnataka. That while filling-up the online registration application, the petitioner had failed to choose her caste under the quota reserved for OBC and inadvertently classified herself as competing under the General Merit Category (GMC). This was despite her having categorically described herself as belonging to th