IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition (M/S) No. 913 of 2010 Gagan Singh S/O Sri Rajendra Singh, R/O House No. I-240/167, Phoolbagh, Pantnagar, District Udham Singh Nagar. … Petitioner. Versus State of Uttarakhand through Secretary, Revenue Department, Dehradun and three others. … Respondents. Mr. M.K.Ray, Advocate, learned counsel for the petitioner. Mr. K.P.Upadhyay, learned Additional C.S.C. for the respondents. Date June 11, 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 forthwith. The only grievance of the petitioner is that the petitioner had applied for issuance of Caste Certificate before the respondent no.4-Tehsildar, Kichha, Udham Singh Nagar in the year 2009 (Annexure No.5 to the petition) but no decision has been taken on the application of the petitioner so far. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, the Tehsildar Kichha District Udham Singh Nagar is directed to take a decision on the application of the petitioner for issuance of Caste Certificate (Annexure-5 to the petition) in accordance with the 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