You can choose the caste of either of your parents.
If you want to choose your father's caste, there is no restriction for it.
The child gets the father cast. Caste is determined by birth, and a Child can get the caste of the father irrespective of the caste of the mother.
The fresh circular, adopted on guidelines of the Union government directs the collectors and directors social justice department to issue SC and ST certificates to children of women from these communities, who are separated, divorced or single mothers.
This is a marked deviation from the practice of of granting caste certificates on the basis of the father's caste.