IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL In Writ Petition No.220of 2010 (M/S) Talha Shamim S/o Shamim Ahmad R/o 205/3 Mahavir Enclave Railway Road Roorkee Distt. Haridwar, Uttarakhand. ……Petitioner Versus 1. State of Uttarakhand, through District Magistrate, Haridwar, District Haridwar. 2. Tehsildar, Pargana and Tehsil Roorkee, District Haridwar. Respondents. Mr. Parikshit Saini, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. K.P.Upadhyay, Addl. C.S.C. for the State/respondents. Dated:-16-06-2010 Hon’ble B.S.Verma, J. Heard learned counsel of the parties and perused the record. By means of this writ petition the petitioner has sought a writ in the nature of mandamus commanding the respondent no.1 & 2 to issue caste certificate to the petitioner treating the petitioner bonafide resident of Uttarakhand State within stipulated time for which application no. 2855 dated 27.04.2009 is pending before respondent no. 2 i.e. Tehsildar. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner has contended that the petitioner is bonafide resident of State of Uttarakhand and he is entitled for Other Backward Classes (OBC) certificate. The reliance has been placed by the learned counsel for the petitioner on the judgment of this court rendered in writ petition No. 316 of 2008 (S/B), Dharmendra Prasad Vs. State of Uttarakhand & two others. 2 Since, the application is pending for disposal before Tehsildar, Roorkee, no mandamus can be issued by this court. The grievance of the petitioner is that, the petitioner appearing in the Uttarakhand U.P.M.T. test and counseling is to be held onwards on 28th June 2010, the matter is urgent. In the facts and circumstances of the case, the respondent no.2 i.e Tehsildar, Roorkee is directed to take decision on the application of the petitioner for issuance of caste certificate, preferably within a period of one week from the date of production of certified copy of this order in accordance with law/Government order prevailing in the State of Uttarakhand. With the said observation and direction, the writ petition is disposed of. All pending application stand disposed of accordingly. The certified copy of this order be supplied to the learned counsel for the petitioner today on the payment of usual charges. (B.S.Verma, J.) 16-06-2010 JM