HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No. 1490 of 2009 (M/S) Radhey Shyam. … Petitioner. Versus State of Uttarakhand and three others. … Respondents Mr. K.S. Bora, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. K.P. Uppadhyay, Addl. Chief Standing Counsel for the State/respondents. Dated: September 3,2009: Hon’ble V.K. Bist, J. Heard learned counsel for the parties. 2. Learned counsel for the parties are agreed that the petition may be disposed of at the admission stage. 3. Present petition has been filed by the petitioner seeking direction to the respondents to issue caste certificate to the petitioner. 4. Case of the petitioner is that he is a domicile/ permanent resident of Pantnagar, Tehsil-Kichha, District Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand. It is stated that the father of the petitioner is an employee in Pant Nagar University, Pant Nagar and is working since 1976. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner completed his entire education in district Udham Singh Nagar. It is stated that the petitioner belongs to Scheduled Caste category and his sub-caste is ‘Chamar’ which is a Scheduled Caste in the Schedule. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner has been selected for conducting the course of B.Sc. (Home Science) under Scheduled Caste category at G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pant 2 Nagar and in this regard he is required to submit a caste certificate before 10th September 2009. 5. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner applied for obtaining caste certificate in the prescribed form on 13.07.2009 before respondent no.4, but the petitioner is still waiting for issuance of the same. Counsel for the petitioner submitted that in case caste certificate is not issued to the petitioner before 10th September 2009 his admission for conducting the course will be cancelled and the petitioner’s future will be ruined. 6. Considering the foregoing facts and circumstances the Tehsildar, Kichha, district Udham Singh Nagar/ respondent no.4 is directed to take decision in the matter on or before 9th September 2009. The petitioner is permitted to serve certified copy of this order on respondent no.4 by tomorrow. 7. With these directions the writ petition is finally disposed of. No order as to costs. 8. Let certified copy of this order be supplied to learned counsel for the petitioner today itself, on payment of usual charges. (V.K. Bist, J.) 03.09.2009 NCM: