R.K. DESHPANDE, J.

1. Rule, made returnable forthwith. Heard finally with the consent of the learned counsels appearing for the parties.

2. The claim of the petitioner for 'Mana Scheduled Tribe' at Entry at Serial No.18 in the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order, 1950 has been invalidated by Scheduled Tribe Certificate Scrutiny Committee, Nagpur, by an order dated 25-10-2017, which is the subject-matter of challenge in this petition. The validity was sought by the petitioner for the purposes of admission to First Year MBBS Course. The petitioner, after qualifying NEET Examination on 4-6-2018, is waiting for the rounds of admission to the MBBS Course.

3. The petitioner produced several documents, which are the part of School records of his forefathers/blood relatives the petitioner indicating their caste as 'Mana' during the years 1914 to 1943. The relationship of the petitioner with all these persons, viz. Keshav, Ishwar, Dahpat, Dolan, Yesuram, Jaijairam and Hiralal, is not at all disputed. The revenue records in the name of some of these persons pertaining to the years 1918-19 to 1953-55 and the birth extracts/certificates in respect of the children born to all these blo