IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition (M/S) No. 424 of 2010. Bichitra Biswas D/O Sri Vidhan Chandra, W/O Sri Manoj Kumar Biswas R/O F-18, Adarsh Colony, Rudrapur, District Udham Singh Nagar. … Petitioner. Vs. 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, for the petitioner. Mr. K.P.Upadhyay, Additional C.S.C. for the respondents. Date March 29, 2010. Hon’ble B.S.Verma, J. (Interim Relief Application No. 1934 of 2010) Heard Mr. M.K.Ray, Advocate, for the petitioner 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 Scheduled Caste and she obtained a Caste Certificate issued by Tehsildar Pubaya, Sahanjanpur (U.P.). The husband of the petitioner belongs to general category and is a permanent resident of State of Uttarakhand. The petitioner appeared for the B.T.C. course for the session 2009-10 and she qualified the examination. The petitioner has urgent requirement for the caste certificate for her training. The grievance of the petitioner is that the petitioner applied for obtaining caste certificate on 12-3-2010 before the Tehsildar Kichha, but no decision has been taken on her application (Annexure-4 to the petition). In the course of argument, learned counsel for the petitioner urged that a direction be issued to the Tehsildar Kichha to 2 decide the application of the petitioner for caste certificate within a time frame. Prayer is innocuous. The Respondent no.4-Tehsildar Kichha is directed to take a decision on the application of the petitioner for issuance of caste certificate dated 12-3-2010 (Annexure-4 to the petition) in accordance with law/Government Orders, expeditiously, preferably within a period of three weeks from the date of production of certified copy of this order. With the above direction, the writ petition is disposed of finally. Certified copy of this order be issued to the learned counsel for the petitioner today on payment of usual charges. (B.S.Verma,J.) RCP 3