IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No. 2187 of 2010(M/S) Sanjesh W/o Krishan Pal Singh ….Petitioner Versus State of Uttarakhand and three others .. Respondents Mr. M.K. Ray, Advocate for the petitioners Mr. P.C. Bisht, Brief Holder on behalf of respondents. (Hon’ble B.S. Verma, J. ) Heard Mr. M.K. Ray, Advocate for the petitioner and Sri P.C. Bisht, Brief Holder, on behalf of the respondents. By means of this petition the petitioner has sought a writ in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents to issue the caste certificate to the petitioner. The grievance of the petitioner is that the petitioner along with her husband came in Uttarakhand from the undivided State of U.P. before sixteen years and since then the husband of petitioner is serving under Govind Ballabh Pant University on the post of Assistant Professor. She was issued a permanent resident certificate by the respondent No.3 S.D.M. Rudrapur, on 13.3.2006. The petitioner belogns to O.B.C. by caste as she is a ‘Jaat’. She has moved application before Tehsildar Kichha for issue of caste certificate in her favour, but the Tehsildar is not issuing caste certificate. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner has submitted that the application of the petitioner, contained in annexure No.4 to the writ petition, is still pending before Tehsildar Kichha for issue of caste certificate. Therefore, the Tehsildar Kichha be directed to take a decision on the application of the petitioner by a speaking and reasoned order. Prayer made is innocuous. The Tehsildar Kichha, respondent No.4, is directed to take a decision on the application of the petitioner, pending before him for issue of case certificate, (Annexure No.4 to the writ petition) by a speaking and reasoned order, in accordance with law/G.O., 2 expeditiously, preferably, within a period of six weeks, from the date of production of certified copy of this order. With the aforesaid direction the writ petition is disposed of finally. Dated: 24-12-2010 (B.S. Verma, J. ) ISB