(1.) Leave granted.
(2.) This appeal arises from a judgment dtd. 30/10/2019 of a Division Bench of the High Court of Orissa.
(3.) On 17/10/1998, the first respondent joined the service of the appellant as a Junior Assistant against a post reserved for women belonging to the Scheduled Castes. In support of her plea of belonging to a Scheduled Caste, the first respondent submitted a caste certificate which was issued by the Tehsildar, Bhubaneswar. The caste certificate was issued on 5/1/1996 in Miscellaneous Case No. 7/1996, mentioning that the first respondent belonged to a Scheduled Caste, "Dewar".