IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No. 1340 of 2008 (M/S) Daljeet Singh, S/o Sri Dalveer Singh, R/o Village-Missaravala, Tehsil-Kashipur, District Udham Singh Nagar. ……. Petitioner. Versus State of Uttarakhand, through Chief Secretary, Uttarakhand, Dehradun and others. …… Respondents. Sri H.S.Dhillon, learned counsel for the petitioner. Sri K.P. Uapdhayay, learned Additional C.S.C. for the State-respondents. Hon’ble B.S.Verma, J. Heard Sri H.S. Dhillon, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri K.P. Upadhyay, learned Additional C.S.C. for the State-respondents. The present writ petition has been filed by the petitioners for issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding the respondents to issue Caste Certificate of Other Backward Class to the petitioner in view of the application and affidavit dated 26-7-2008 made by the petitioner before 5-8-2008. Learned Additional C.S.C. appearing for the respondents has contended that the certificate cannot be issued by the Court and the competent authority to issue the Caste Certificate i.e. Tehsildar, who has to take decision in the matter in accordance with law and G.O. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner has contended that the application of the petitioner is pending and the respondent No.4 is not issuing the OBC Caste Certificate to the petitioner as he belongs to the community of “Jat Sikh”. It is further contended that the petitioner has to contest the election and the direction may be given to the respondent No.4 to decide the application of the petitioner in terms of the Government Order Dated 31-12-2002 which was issued by Uttarakhand Government in pursuance to the direction given in the writ petition No. 30727 of 2000, Baldev Singh Vs. Tehsildar, Bilaspur, District Rampur and others and which was followed by the Division Bench of this Court in Writ Petition No. 917 of 2003 (M/B), Dharam Singh Vs. State of Uttarakhand and others for issuance of the OBC Caste Certificate to the “Jat Sikh”. The prayer made is innocuous in nature and deserves to be accepted. The writ petition is disposed of finally with the direction that the respondent No.4- Tehsildar, Kashipur, District Udham Singh Nagar shall take a decision on the application for issuance of the OBC Caste Certificate made by the petitioners preferably before 8th August 2008 in accordance with the said Government Order. All pending applications stands disposed of. Copy of the order be supplied to the learned counsel for the petitioner today on the payment of usual charges. (B.S.Verma, J.) 04-08-2008. M.K.