1. These petitions are filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. The issue involved in all these petitions is almost similar and, therefore with the consent of learned advocates appearing for the parties, all these petitions are heard together and are being decided by this common judgment.

2. For the sake of convenience, the facts stated in Special Civil Application No.139/2018 and Special Civil Application No.20215/2018 are considered and both these petitions are treated as lead matters.

3. Facts of Special Civil Application No.139/2018.

3.1 It is stated that the petitioner belongs to Rabari Community hailing from Gir, Barda and Alech Forest area. The Hon’ble President of India has declared the said community of the said area as “Scheduled Tribe” vide Notification dated 29.10.1956. The father of the petitioner was conferred with the status of “Scheduled Tribe” on 06.06.1979 by the concerned authority at Junagadh. Thereafter, the petitioner applied in the year 2006 for obtaining caste certificate in his name. It is stated that the concerned Taluka Level Committee, which is authorized to issue certificate, decided to give status of “Scheduled Tribe” to the petitio