In Brief
The petitioner claimed she belonged to the 'Chatri' tribe, which she argued was the same as 'Chattri', a scheduled tribe listed in the Constitutional (Scheduled Tribes) Order, 1950. The Court rejected this claim, holding that constitutional entries must be read exactly as written and cannot be supplemented by interpretation. The pre-constitutional document showed her status as 'Chatri', not 'Chattri', and mere nominal similarity cannot confer benefits. The petitioner, provisionally admitted to a fire engineering course on undertaking to produce a valid caste certificate, was automatically disqualified under university rules when she failed to produce one by the deadline. The Court dismissed the petition, holding that neither special relief nor completion of the course could be granted, and that preserving the sanctity of the system takes precedence over individual hardship.
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