IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.10340 of 2009 ABDUL HASIB @ ABDUL HAMIB . Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS . ----------- 3/ 13/05/2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. The petitioner is aggrieved by the order of the District Magistrate dated 31.7.2008 culminating in the final order dated 26.9.2008 canceling his caste certificate of his status as a Churihar. The Court has gone through the order dated 31.7.2008 on which the latter order is founded. Suffice it to observe that the impugned order is not conclusive in its nature. The Court is further satisfied that it notices a concluded state of affairs vis-à-vis the caste status of a Churihar and a Manihar. The manner of the enquiry by which the petitioner has been deprived of his caste status also does not meet the requirement of law as laid down by the Supreme Court in (1994) 6 SCC 241 (KUMARI MADHURI PATIL AND ANOTHER Versus ADDITIONAL COMMISSIONER, TRIBAL DEVELOPMENT AND OTHERS) and as modified in (1997) 4 SCC 271 (DISTRICT TRIBAL WELFARE Versus LAVETI GIRI) for determining the caste status of a person. 2 The impugned orders dated 31.7.2008 and 26.9.2008 are accordingly set aside and the matter is remanded for fresh determination of the caste status of the petitioner in accordance with the law as laid down by the Supreme Court in the two judgments discussed above. Let the same be done expeditiously, preferably within a maximum period of four months from the date of receipt/presentation of a copy of this order before the District Magistrate. The application is disposed. KC ( Navin Sinha, J.)