(1.) This writ petition has been filed for a direction to the respondents the petitioner as a Scheduled Caste and her certificate dated 06.08.1992 to be valid certificate and she should be permitted to continue as a Scheduled Caste Jatav caste and she should also be permitted to have all the benefits belonging to the Scheduled Caste.
(2.) The facts and circumstances giving rise to this case are that, Claims herself to be a Jain by birth. However, she got married with one Pal Singh (Jatav - Scheduled Caste) and, therefore, she should be permitted to have the benefits belonging to the Scheduled Caste. Her nomination paper was not accepted in the earlier elections in 1992 for reserved constituency being not a Scheduled Caste by birth. Hence this petition.
(3.) Shri Tejpal learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner was undoubtedly a Jain and got married with a Scheduled Caste. Once she had been accepted by the people of the Scheduled Caste and by marriage, she stood transplanted into that caste, she cannot be deprived of the benefits reserved for that community. Thus the petition deserves to be allowed.