BHARATI H. DANGRE, J.

1. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith.

2. The petitioner, claiming to be belonging to Koli Mahadev Tribe which is notified as Scheduled Tribe by the Constitution (Scheduled Tribe) Order, 1950 has approached this Court praying for quashing and setting aside of an order dated 30.07.2018 passed by the Scheduled Tribe Certificate Scrutiny Committee, Pune Division thereby invalidating her claim as belonging to the said Tribe and confiscating the Caste Certificate issued in her favour. The petitioner has sought direction to the respondent-committee to issue certificate of validity in her favour as belonging to Koli Mahadev, a Scheduled Tribe. The urgency expressed by the petitioner to proceed with the petition is her aspiration to secure admission in medicine. The petitioner had submitted her claim to the committee through the junior college in which she was admitted and she had geared herself for seeking a seat in the Health Science Course and accordingly took the requisite steps but at the same time she was also dependent on her claim of belonging to