IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No. 1734 (M/S) of 2008 Tushar Kant S/o Vijendra Singh R/o Village Chandi Gaon, Patti Kathulassu, Tehsil Sri Nagar, Pauri Garhwal. …………..Petitioner. Versus State of Uttarakhand through District Magistrate Pauri Garhwal and others …..……..Respondents. Mr. B.S. Adhikari, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. K.P. Upadhyaya, Additional Chief Standing Counsel, for the respondents no. 1 and 2. Ms. Geeta Parihar, Advocate, holding brief of Mr. R. Dobhal, Advocate, for the respondent no. 3 Hon’ble Prafulla C. Pant, J. By means of this writ petition, the petitioner has challenged the order dated 18.09.2008, passed by respondent no. 2 and consequential order dated 19.09.2008, passed by respondent no. 3. (2) Heard learned counsel for the parties. (3) Brief facts of the case are that petitioner Tushar Kant appeared in UPMT Examination 2008 and was admitted in the Uttarakhand Forest Trust, Haldwani, Nainital. As required, he submitted his domicile 2 certificate, issued by the Sub Divisional Magistrate, Sri Nagar, Pauri Garhwal. It appears that when the respondent no. 3 sought verification of the domicile certificate the District Magistrate found the reported certificate to be false one and informed accordingly to the respondent no. 3. Consequently, respondent no. 3 cancelled the admission of the petitioner. Learned counsel for the petitioner drew attention of this Court to annexure 2 to the writ petition which shows that the Sub Divisional Magistrate, Sri Nagar (respondent no. 2) himself issued fresh domicile certificate (as the name of the petitioner’s father was wrongly mentioned in the earlier domicile certificate as ‘Birendra Singh’ instead of ‘Vijendra Singh’). It is further contended that all other particulars like, name of the mother ‘Chandrakanta’, name of the village ‘Chadi Gaon’, name of the Patti ‘Kathulassu’ remained the same. On the basis of Annexure no. 2 issued by the Sub Divisional Magistrate, Sri Nagar, on 29.07.2008 at serial no. 1131 of 2008, learned counsel for the petitioner contended that in the earlier domicile certificate name of the petitioner’s father was wrongly mentioned as ‘Birendra Singh’ instead of ‘Vijendra Singh’. (4) In the above circumstances, this Court feels it just and proper to dispose of this writ petition with the following directions:- 3 The petitioner shall make a representation to the District Magistrate, Pauri Garhwal, within a period of seven days and said authority shall examine the matter in the light of the new domicile certificate issued by the Sub Divisional Magistrate, Sri Nagar, and if the error found in earlier domicile certificate to be clerical one, the District Magistrate concerned shall inform the respondent no. 3 accordingly. The cancellation of admission of the petitioner shall be subject to such information received from the District Magistrate Pauri Garhwal. (Stay Application No. 6467 of 2008 stands disposed of). (Prafulla C. Pant, J.) Dt.29.09.2008 NS 4