IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition (M/S) No.971 of 2010 Anuj Gangwar, S/O Sri Parmeshwari Sahay Gangwar, 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, he belongs to Backward Caste. The father of the petitioner is serving in the education department as Assistant Teacher since 1995 and he is presently posted in Government Primary School Gotha, Block Sitargang. The petitioner is residing in Sitarganj since his birth. The grievance of the petitioner is that he applied for caste certificate before the respondent no. 4 on 23-3-2009 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, which is still pending for disposal. In the facts and circumstances of the case, it is directed that the respondent no. 4-Tehsildar Sitarganj, District Udham Singh 2 Nagar 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