JUDGMENT :

NITIN W. SAMBRE, J.

1. In the present writ petition, the challenge is to the order dated May 27, 2011 passed by the respondent no. 5-Scheduled Tribe Caste Certificate Scrutiny Committee, Nagpur (for short, ‘the respondent no. 5-Committee’) whereby the claim of the petitioner of belonging to ‘Halba’ Scheduled Tribe came to be invalidated. The petitioner has further prayed for issuance of directions to the respondents thereby ordering protection to the petitioner in her education to pursue studies in M.D. Anesthesia as a scheduled tribe candidate on an undertaking that she will not claim any benefit of belonging to a scheduled tribe.

2. The facts necessary for deciding the present writ petition are as under:

The petitioner applied to the Executive Magistrate, Nagpur for issuance of a caste certificate and accordingly on July 31, 1993 she was issued a caste certificate of belonging to ‘Halba’ Scheduled Tribe. Based on the above status of belonging to the scheduled tribe category, the petitioner applied for grant of admission and accordingly admitted to a Science College against the seat reserved for the scheduled tribe category. The said Science College forwarded the claim of t