1. This Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India has been filed by the present Petitioner challenging the Judgment/ Order passed by the Respondent Scrutiny Committee dated 22/11/2006 invalidating the caste claim of the Petitioner as belonging to "Mala Jangam", scheduled caste.

2. Perusal of the Judgment of the Respondent Scrutiny Committee would reveal that the Petitioner has submitted about 22 documents in support of her caste claim. The aforesaid documents are enlisted in the Judgment of the Respondent Scrutiny Committee. The Respondent Scrutiny Committee found that in respect of the Petitioner’s real brother, there was an entry in the admission register dated 4/7/1962, in which the caste of the real brother of the Petitioner was recorded as "Lingayat Jangam". Similar was the case in respect of another real brother of the Petitioner, whose caste was also came to be recorded as "Hindu Jangam" in the admission register dated 9/10/1963. In respect of the relative of the Petitioner, i.e. Virappa, his caste was also recorded as "Jangam" in his service book. The Respondent Scrutiny Committee, therefore, found that these contrary entries hav