IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition (M/S) No.969 of 2010 Km. Deepsikha D/O Bhudev Singh, R/O Village Pandri, Kichha Road, Sitarganj, 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.) Sitarganj, District Udham Singh Nagar. 4. Tehsildar, Sitarganj, 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 Backward Caste. The mother of the petitioner is serving in the education department as Assistant Teacher since 1992 and she is presently posted in Government Primary School Bitha Akbar, Block Sitargang. The father of the petitioner was issued caste certificate showing the caste Dhiwar on 28-12-2004. 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. 6 to the petition. 2 In the facts and circumstances of the case, it is directed that the respondent no. 4-Tehsildar Sitarganj, District Udham Singh Nagar shall take decision on the application of the petitioner for grant of the caste certificate (Annexure-6 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. With the above direction, the writ petition is disposed of finally. (B.S.Verma, J.) RCP