IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition (M/S) No. 552 of 2010 Sunil Kumar (Minor) through his father Salig Ram, R/O Uttaranchal Vihar Colony, Malli Bamori, Haldwani, District Nainital. ….. Petitioner Versus 1. State of Uttarakhand through Secretary Home Affairs, Dehradun. 2. Sub Divisional Magistrate, Haldwani, District Nainital. 3. Tehsildar, Tehsil Haldwani, District Nainital. …..Respondents. Mr. Dinesh Gahtori, Advocate, learned counsel for the petitioner. Mr. K.P. Upadhyay, Learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel for the respondents. Date April 20, 2010. Hon’ble B.S.Verma, J. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and perused the record. By means of this writ petition, the petitioner has sought a writ in the nature of mandamus commanding the respondent no. 2 and 3 to issue Scheduled Caste certificate in favour of the petitioner treating him as bona fide resident of the State of Uttarakhand. The grievance of the petitioner is that the petitioner applied for issuance of Scheduled Caste certificate before the respondent no3- Tehsildar Haldwani on 5-2-2009 (Annexure-6 to the petition) but till now no decision has been taken on the application of the petitioner. Accordingly, the Tehsildar Haldwani-respondent no.3 is directed to take a decision on the application of the petition (Annexure-6 to the petition) in accordance with law/Government Orders expeditiously, preferably 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