WP(C) 3744/2010 BEFORE HON’BLE MR JUSTICE I A ANSARI Heard Mr. M. Phukan, learned counsel for the petitioner, and Mr. A. Sarma, learn ed counsel, appearing on behalf of the respondents. The petitioner’s grievance is that, while he was working as a technician, at Hap jan OCS, Digboi, under the Oil India Limited, the Deputy Manager (Admn), Oil Ind ia Limited, Eastern Production Area, Digboi, asked the petitioner, by a letter, dated 28.02.2007, to submit to him (Deputy Manager (Admn) the petitioner’s caste certificate with the assurance that the caste certificate, if produced by the p etitioner, would be returned after scrutiny/verification and, depending upon the assurance, so given, the petitioner submitted his caste certificate, in origina l, on 25.03.2007, for verification, to the Deputy Manager (Admn) aforementioned, but, contrary to the assurance given to the petitioner, the caste certificate, according to the petitioner, has not been returned to the petitioner, though the petitioner has issued several reminders in this regard. Upon hearing the learned counsel for the parties and on perusal of the materials on records, this Court is of the view that in the facts and attending circumsta nces of the present case, the writ petition needs to be disposed of, at this sta ge itself, with appropriate direction. Without, therefore, determining the correctness or otherwise, of the allegations made by the petitioner, respondent No. 2, namely, Manager, Eastern Production A rea (Oil), Digboi, is hereby directed to examine the petitioner’s grievances and ensure that the petitioner’s caste certificate is returned to him, if the same had been submitted by the petitioner and have not been returned to the petitione r as contended by the petitioner. The whole exercise, directed hereinabove, shall be completed within one month f rom the date of receipt of a copy of this order by the respondent No. 2. The pe titioner may furnish to the respondent No. 2 a certified copy of this order alon g with a copy of this writ petition and annexure thereto. If the petitioner fee ls aggrieved by the decisions, which the respondents may arrive at, or by the or der(s), which the respondents may pass, the petitioner may take recourse to such provisions of law as may be permissible. With the above observations and directions, this writ petition shall stand dispo sed of.