C.W.P No. 2377 of 2009 ::1:: IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH C.W.P No. 2377 of 2009 Date of decision : February 13, 2009 Ramesh Kumar Bhattu ...... Petitioner (s) v. Union of India and others, ...... Respondent(s) *** CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE AJAY TEWARI *** Present : Mr. Girish Agnihotri, Sr. Advocate with Ms.Binayjeet Sheoran, Advocate for the petitioner. *** 1. Whether Reporters of Local Newspapers may be allowed to see the judgment ? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not ? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest ? *** AJAY TEWARI, J (Oral) The petitioner has been charge sheeted on the ground that the Backward caste certificate on the basis of which he was appointed does not seem to be genuine. The limited prayer made by the petitioner is that he has written to the issuing authority of the said certificate as well as to the Secretary to Government of India, Ministry of BC (Incharge-National Commission for Backward Classes), Central Secretariat, New Delhi to clarify whether the caste of the petitioner is actually classified as Backward Class and to verify whether the caste certificate issued by the competent authority is valid or not. C.W.P No. 2377 of 2009 ::2:: In the circumstances, the petitioner has prayed for extension of time to file reply to the charge sheet so that he can incorporate the response (s) which he may receive from the above authorities. I find the request to be fair. In the circumstances, it is directed that the petitioner would be granted time up-till 31.3.2009 to file reply to the charge sheet. With the observations made above, the writ petition stands disposed of. ( AJAY TEWARI ) February 13, 2009. JUDGE `kk'