IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No. 1053 of 2008 (M/S) Vikrant Singh, S/O Sri Ramesh Singh, R/O Village Gujratiyan, Jaspur, District Udham Singh Nagar. …… Petitioner. Versus State of Uttaranchal through its Secretary, Dehradun and two others. … Respondents. Sri Rakesh Thapliyal, learned counsel for the petitioner. Sri K.P.Upadhyay, learned Additional C.S.C. for the State-respondents. Date June 30, 2008. Hon’ble B.S.Verma, J. Heard Sri Rakesh Thapliyal, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri K.P.Upadhyay, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel for the State-respondents. Learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel has submitted that the writ petition may be disposed of finally today at the admission stage without inviting counter affidavit from the State-respondents. This writ petition has been filed for issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents to issue the caste certificate in favour of the petitioner within the specified period after mentioning all the documents as produced by the petitioner in his application dated 3-5-2008 with a specific direction that issuance of the caste certificates may not be suspended merely on the ground that the matter is subjudice before this Court. The grievance of the petitioner is that the application for issuance of caste certificate has been rejected on the ground that the matter is subjudice before the Hon’ble High Court. 2 Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the matter, which is subjudice before the High Court, is of cancellation of caste certificate, which had already been granted to the applicant. The applicant has applied for issue of a fresh caste certificate before the Tehsildar Jaspur. Learned counsel for the petitioner has stated at the Bar that the case of the petitioner relating to issue of Caste Certificate is not pending anywhere in the Court or the High Court. In the circumstances of the case, the respondent no.3- Tehsildar, Jaspur, District Udham Singh Nagar is directed to take final decision on the application made by the petitioner for issue of caste certificate (copy Annexure No. 5) in accordance with the relevant Government Orders, whether Caste Certificate be issued to the petitioner or not, within a period of four 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 3 4 5 6