IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition (M/S) No.970 of 2010 Km. Rajkumari D/O Sri Chedi Prasad Vishwkarma, R/O House No. 1138, Jha Colony, Sector-4, Pantnagar, Tehsil Kichha, District Udham Singh Nagar. … Petitioner. Versus 1. State of Uttarakhand through Secretary Revenue Department, Dehradun. 2. District Magistrate, Udham Singh Nagar. 3. Sub Divisional Magistrate (S.D.M.) Rudrapur, District Udham Singh Nagar. 4. Tehsildar, Kichha, District Udham Singh Nagar. … Respondents. Mr. M.K.Ray, Advocate, learned counsel for the petitioner. Mr. K.P.Upadhyay, Learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel for the respondents. Date June 18, 2010. Hon’ble B.S.Verma, J. Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the record. By means of this writ petition, the petitioner has sought a writ in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents to issue the caste certificate to the petitioner. According to the petitioner, she belongs to Other Backward Caste The father of the petitioner is permanently residing at Pantnagar for the last about 23 years, who also belongs to backward caste Lohar.. The grievance of the petitioner is that she applied for caste certificate before the respondent no. 4 on 9-4-2010 along with necessary document/affidavit but no certificate has so far been issued by the authority concerned, therefore, the career of the petitioner is at stake. The application of the petitioner for grant of caste certificate has been annexed as Annexure No. 4 to the petition. The photocopy of notary affidavit filed by her has been annexed as Annexure-5 to the petition. The petitioner was earlier issued caste certificate in the year 2004. 2 In the facts and circumstances of the case, it is directed that the respondent no. 4-Tehsildar Kichha, District Udham Singh Nagar shall take decision on the application of the petitioner for grant of the caste certificate (Annexure-4) in accordance with law/Government Orders, expeditiously, preferably within a period of two weeks from the date of production of certified copy of this order. With the above direction, the writ petition is disposed of finally. (B.S.Verma, J.) RCP