JUDGMENT :

VINOD CHATTERJI KOUL, J.

1. Petitioner seeks correction of caste as according to him, the caste “Lone” has been wrongly shown in his Secondary School Examination Certificate issued by the J&K State Board of School Education. Petitioner claims that he belongs to backward area of Kharboo Drass but studied in Srinagar and completed his schooling in Shahi-Hamdan Educational Institute, Khumaini Chowk, Bemina and thereafter got admission in JK Police Public School, Jammu. According to him in his Secondary School Examination Certificate, his name has been shown as “Jabir Hussain Lone” instead of “Jabir Hussain.” Petitioner claims that he has no such caste of “Lone” anywhere in records neither any such caste exists in the area of Kargil District. So, he approached respondents pleading deletion of last name “Lone” from the Secondary School Examination Certificate and in support of his plea he produced all required and relevant documents. However, vide letter no. 2570/ LNo-02(v)(Certs.CC-Major)B/KD/2018 dated 7th April 2018, conveying petitioner that his request for deletion of Caste does not come under the purview of rules and regulations governing the cases of deletion of caste. A