JUDGMENT/ORDER

FIRDOSH P.POONIWALLA,J. - Heard.

2. RULE. Rule made returnable forthwith and with the consent of the parties heard finally at the admission stage.

3. The Petitioner is a student. The Petitioner has completed Diploma in Pharmacy and has participated in the admission process to direct Second Year of the full time Under Graduate Degree Course in Pharmacy for the Academic Year 2023-24. The Petitioner has participated in the said admission process initiated by the Government of Maharashtra through the State Common Entrance Test Cell, Maharashtra State, Mumbai. The Petitioner has secured admission in the aforesaid admission process from the ST reserved category and has to produce her Tribe Validity Certificate, failing which her admission would get automatically cancelled and she would be considered only under the open category.

4. By this Petition, the Petitioner challenges an Order dtd. 31/7/2023 passed by the Scheduled Tribe Certificate Scrutiny Committee, Nashik i.e Respondent No.1. ('impugned order') whereby Respondent No.1 invalidated the claim of the Petitioner that she belongs to the Koli Mahadev Scheduled Tribe. Further, by the impugned order, Respondent No.1 also can