IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.3276 of 2011 Ashok Kumar, son of late Bhonu Sao, resident of village- Pakriya, P.S. Hisua, District- Nawada……… Petitioner Versus 1.The State Of Bihar 2. The District Magistrate, Nawada 3. Sub-divisional District Magistrate, Nawada 4. District Superintendent of Education, Nawada. 5. Block Development Officer(Hisua) District-Nawada 6. Block Education Extension Officer, Hisua, Nawada 7. Mukhiya Panchayat Raj, Ichua, Nawada. 8. Ravindra Kumar, son of Saryoo Prasad, P.O.Sachol, P.S.Hisua, District- Nawada……………. Respondents. ---------------------------------- 2. 18.10.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. The petitioner is aggrieved by the Caste Certificate of Extremely Backward Class granted to respondent No.8 by the respondent authorities on the basis of which he has obtained the appointment as Panchayat Teacher under the E.B.C. category whereas according to the petitioner he, being of Kurmi caste, belongs to the O.B.C. category. After obtaining the Khatiyan, etc. of the land belonging to the predecessors of the petitioner, the petitioner applied before the District Magistrate, Nawada to enquire into the Caste Certificate granted to respondent No.8 on 30.1.2011, but no action has been taken. Aggrieved by such inaction, the petitioner has approached 2 this Court. In view of the aforesaid stand of the petitioner, the writ application is disposed of with a direction to the petitioner to file a fresh application along with a copy of this order before the District Magistrate, Nawada, who shall consider and dispose of the same within a period of three months from the date of its filing after giving due opportunity to the respondent No.8 to be heard in the matter by passing a reasoned order. VPS ( Ramesh Kumar Datta, J.)