IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA CWP No. 1037 of 2011 Date of Decision : March 8, 2011 Davinder Petitioner Versus The State of H.P. and ors. Respondents Coram: The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Kurian Joseph, Chief Justice. The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sanjay Karol, Judge. For the petitioner : Mr. Naresh Verma, Advocate. For the respondents : Mr. R.K. Bawa, A.G. with Mr. Ankush Dass Sood, Addl.A.G. and Mr. J.K. Verma, Dy.A.G. Justice Kurian Joseph, C.J. (Oral) The writ petition is filed with the following prayer:- “1. That the respondent authorities may kindly be directed to make necessary entries in the revenue record and issued the OBC Certificate in favour of the petitioner. 2. According to the petitioner, going by the material produced in the writ petition, it can be seen and apparently there is no dispute also that Bhat Brahmins belong to OBC category. The petitioner has submitted Annexure P-6 representation before the 3rd respondent. There will be a direction to the 3rd respondent to look into the matter verifying the facts and take appropriate action on the representation within a week from the date of production of a copy of this judgment along with a copy of the writ petition by the petitioner before the 3rd respondent. It is also made clear that in case the petitioner belongs to Bhat Brahmin and since Bhat 2 Brahmin is now OBC category, certificate shall be issued within the said period. 3. With these observations, the Writ Petition is disposed of, so also the pending application(s), if any. Copy dasti. (Justice Kurian Joseph), Chief Justice. (Justice Sanjay Karol), Judge. March 8, 2011 (PK/Pankaj)