JUDGMENT :

NITIN W. SAMBRE, J.

1. Heard. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith with consent of the learned Counsel for the parties.

2. The challenge in the petition is to the order dated January 31, 2022 passed by respondent No. 1-District Caste Certificate Scrutiny Committee, Amravati. The petitioner claims to be belonging to Telangi NT-C category and has obtained the Caste Certificate dated May 27, 2011. Since the petitioner has secured employment from the said reserved category, her claim was forwarded by respondent No. 2 to respondent No. 1 vide communication dated 02-2-2021.

3. The Telangi to which the petitioner claims to be belonging is included in the NT-C category as per the Notification issued by the State Government on November 21, 1961 is not a fact in dispute.

4. The Committee rejected the claim of the petitioner for issuance of validity though her brother namely Bharat Mohan Shivpure holds a validity. As such the petitioner preferred this petition.

5. The contentions of the learned Counsel for the petitioner Mr. P.A. Kadu are that once the brother of the petitioner was granted a validity, that too after following due process as prescribed under Rule 17 of the Maharashtra Sch