JUDGMENT

Subramonium Prasad, J. - The instant appeal is directed against the judgment and order dated 14.08.2019, whereby the learned Single Judge has dismissed W.P.(C). No.8780/2019 filed by the appellant/petitioner and has upheld the order dated 31.07.2019, passed by the Tehsildar/Executive Magistrate Delhi Cantt, rejecting her request for a caste certificate in respect of her two children. The learned Single Judge has also upheld the Office Orders dated 26.11.2015 and 07.03.2017, issued by the respondent No.1/GNCTD, which lay down the procedure for issuance of a caste certificate in faovur of a dependent.

2. Shorn of extraneous details, the brief facts leading to filing of the present appeal are as follows:

(a). The appellant is serving as a Wing Commander in the Indian Air Force and belongs to a Scheduled Caste community in Assam. In the year 1999, the appellant had married one Vikas Hora, also serving in the Indian Air Force and belonging to a forward caste. The said marriage was solemnized in Lucknow. Two children (both sons) were born from out of the wedlock in the years 2001 and 2004 respectively. In May 2005, the appellant initiated divorce proceedings against her husband o