IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL WPMS NO. 400 of 2009 Karam Singh and others. ….………Petitioners. Versus State of Uttarakhand & Ors. …..Respondents. Mr. R.P. Nautiyal, Advocate for petitioners. Mr. K.P. Upadhyay, A.C.S.C. for the State of Uttarakhand/respondent No. 1 and 2. 23rd March, 2009 Hon’ble Sudhanshu Dhulia, J. This writ petition, admittedly, has been filed by the petitioners challenging the show cause notice dated 19.1.2009/6.2.2009 issued by the respondent no. 2 (contained as Annexure No. 10 to the writ petition). 2. It is a settled position of law that the writ petition against a show cause notice is not maintainable inasmuch as the same is premature. The only way this petition could have been maintainable at this stage was if the petitioners were challenging the jurisdiction of the authority which has issued the show cause notice to the petitioners. This is, however, not the case in the present writ petition. 3. Admittedly, the authority, which has given the show cause notice to the petitioners is well within the jurisdiction to issue show cause notice, therefore, there is no room for interference by this Court at this stage. The show cause notice has been given to the petitioners by the District Magistrate, Dehradun asking them to show cause as to why the caste certificate given to them in the past should not be cancelled. The petitioners must show 2 cause to the concerned authority instead of filing the present writ petition. 4. For the reasons stated above, the writ petition is liable to be dismissed and is hereby dismissed as such. No order as to costs. (Sudhanshu Dhulia, J.) 23.3.2009 Rathour