JUDGMENT :

R.N. Laddha, J.

Heard the learned counsel for the parties.

2. Rule. The Rule is made returnable forthwith with the consent of and at the request of the learned counsel for the parties.

3. The petitioner questions the Respondent-Scrutiny Committee’s decision and order invalidating her tribe certificate belonging to Thakar-Scheduled Tribe. Further, she sought direction to the Scrutiny Committee to issue a certificate of validity in her favour.

4. The petitioner claims to belong to Thakar-Scheduled Tribe. The petitioner was therefore, granted a tribe certificate by the Competent Authority on 3rd October 2018, certifying that she belonged to Thakar-Scheduled Tribe. Being a student, the petitioner was required to submit a tribe certificate for prosecuting higher studies. The tribe certificate of the petitioner was referred for verification to the Respondent-Scrutiny Committee. Before the Respondent-Scrutiny Committee, the petitioner produced several documents, which consisted of pre-constitutional period documents, the certificates of validity issued to her blood relatives and the copies of several orders passed in writ petitions whereby the Respondent-Scrutiny Committee was direc