IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition (M/S) No.1056 of 2010 Krishnapal Singh, S/O Sri Sukhbir Singh, R/O Dairy Colony Nagla, 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. N.P.Sah, Learned Standing Counsel for the respondents. Date June 29, 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, he belongs to Other Backward Caste and his caste is Jaat. The petitioner is a domicile of the State of Uttarakhand since his birth. His wife was issued caste certificate in the years 2006 and 2008 by the respondent no.4- Tehsildar Kichha vide Annexures- 2 and 3 to the petition. The father of the petitioner is a permanent resident of Pantnagar, Udham Singh Nagar in the State of Uttarakhand and has been residing there since before the creation of this State. The petitioner is serving in the G.B.Pant University Pantnagar and in the service record also, the petitioner is recorded a member of Other Backward Class ‘Jaat’. The grievance of the petitioner is that he applied for caste certificate before the respondent no. 4 along with necessary document/ notary affidavit dated 22-2-2010 (Annexure-6 to the petition) but no certificate has so far been issued by the authority 2 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. 5 to the petition. 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-5 to the petition) 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, in case the application of the petitioner is still pending. With the above direction, the writ petition is disposed of finally. (B.S.Verma, J.) RCP