IN THE HIGH OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No. 1298 of 2008 (M/S) Shukh Dev Singh, S/o Sri Sigara Singh, Missarwala, Tehsil Kashipur, District Udham Singh Nagar. ………Petitioner. Versus State of Uttarakhand, through Secretary Ministry of Social Welfare, Uttarakhand, Dehradun and others. ……….. Respondents. Sri Sudhir Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner. Sri K.P. Upadhyay, learned Additional C.S.C. for the State- respondents. Date July 31, 2008. Hon’ble B.S. Verma, J. Heard Sri Sudhir Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri K.P. Upadhyay, learned Additional C.S.C. for the State-respondents. The present writ petition has been filed by the petitioner for issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding the respondents to consider to issue an O.B.C Caste Certificate to the petitioner before 4th August 2008 to enable the petitioner to contest Panchayat Elections going to be held on 1st September, 5th September and 10Th September 2008. Learned Additional C.S.C. appearing for the respondents has contended that the respondent No.4- Tehsildar, Kashipur, District Udham Singh Nagar is the authority to issue the OBC Caste Certificate. Leaned counsel appearing for the petitioner has contended that the application of the petitioner is pending and the respondent No. 4 is not issuing the OBC Caste Certificate to the petitioner as he belongs to community of “Jat Sikh”. It is further contended that the petitioner has to contest the election and the direction may be given to the respondent No. 4 to decide the application of the petitioner in terms of the Government Order dated 31-12-2002 which was issued by Uttarakhand Government in pursuance to the direction given in the writ petition No. 30727 of 2000, Baldev Singh Vs. Tehsildar, Bilaspur, District Rampur and others and which was followed by the Division Bench of this Court in Writ Petition No. 917 of 2003 (M/B), Dharam Singh Vs. State of Uttarakhand and others for issuance of the OBC Caste Certificate to the “Jat Sikh”. The prayer made is innocuous in nature and deserves to be accepted. The writ petition is disposed of finally with the direction that the respondent No.4 Tehsildar, Kashipur, District Udham Singh Nagar shall take a decision on the application for issuance of the OBC Cast Certificate made by the petitioner in accordance with the said Government Order within one week form the date of production of certified copy of this order. All pending applications stands disposed of. Copy of the order be supplied to the leaned counsel for the petitioner today on the payment of usual charges. (B.S. Verma, J.) 31-07-2008 M.K.