ORDER

The petitioner in this writ petition is seeking to quash the proceedings initiated by respondent No.1 pursuant to the notice issued to the petitioner herein at Annexure-D, dated 29.07.2017 in No.Jani/SWD/D6/CC/CR/2017-18; Annexure-E, dated 13.08.2017 and Annexure-G, dated 15.11.2018 and a writ of mandamus quashing the report issued by respondent No.2 at annexure-A dated 03.08.2004 declaring the caste of the petitioner as "Pariwara" to be illegal and void ab initio.

2. The brief facts of the case are that the petitioner was issued with a caste certificate stating that she belongs to "Nayaka" community classified as Scheduled Tribe under Article 342 of the Constitution of India in respect of State of Karnataka. On the basis of the caste certificate obtained by the petitioner, she was appointed as Hostel Warden in the Department of Social Welfare. This being so, the petitioner continued in the services and attained superannuation on 31.01.2016. It appears that on 14.07.1995, a complaint was lodged before respondent No.2 by one C Gopal, Editor, Harijana Hudaraka Sampadakaru, stating that the petitioner has obtained fake certificate claiming that she belongs to "Nayaka" community,