IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition (M/S) No.1005 of 2010 Km. Gargi D/O Sri Tejbeer Singh, R/O IV/1168, Jha Colony, Pantnagar, Tehsil Kichha, 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.) Rudrapur, District Udham Singh Nagar. 4. Tehsildar, Kichha, 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 24, 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 Other Backward Caste and her caste is Jaat. The petitioner is a domicile of the State of Uttarakhand since her birth. She was issued domicile certificate on 17-12-2009 by the S.D.M. Rudrapur vide Annexure-1 to the petition. The father of the petitioner was also issued domicile certificate by the S.D.M. Rudrapur and he was issued caste certificate by Tehsildar Kichha on 30-6-2003. The grievance of the petitioner is that she applied for caste certificate before the respondent no. 4 along with necessary document/ notary affidavit dated 17-3-2010 (Annexure-6 to the petition) 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. 5 to the petition. 2 In the facts and circumstances of the case, it is directed that the respondent no. 4-Tehsildar Kichha, District Udham Singh Nagar shall take decision on the application of the petitioner for grant of the caste certificate (Annexure-5 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, in case the application of the petitioner is still pending. With the above direction, the writ petition is disposed of finally. (B.S.Verma, J.) RCP