<span style="color: #222222;">The Uttarakhand High Court has directed an administrative panel examining the authenticity of BJP MLA from Jhabreda, Deshraj Karnawal's caste certificate to complete its probe by August 31.<br />'' <br />'' Chief Justice Ramesh Ranganathan and Justice Alok Verma issued the order while hearing a petition terming the legislator's caste certificate as fake and seeking cancellation of his election from the reserved seat on that ground.<br />'' <br />'' The petition claims that Karnawal does not belong to the scheduled caste, and hence was not eligible to contest from Jhabreda, a reserved assembly constituency in Haridwar district. <br />''<br />''The plea was filed by Haridwar resident Vipin Tomar. Karnawal who had won the seat in 2017, said that a lie is being spread about his caste identity by his political adversaries.</span><br />