Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:110182-DB Court No. - 39 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 17616 of 2025 Petitioner :- Pramod Kumar Singh Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Rajesh Kumar Tiwari Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Prabhakar Awasthi Hon'ble Arindam Sinha,J. Hon'ble Dr. Yogendra Kumar Srivastava,J. Mr. Rajesh Kumar Tiwari, learned advocate appears on behalf of petitioner and submits, his client has challenged order dated 20th March, 2025 of respondent no.2. He submits, by it, earlier cancellation of his caste certificate was reiterated. The cancellation was at instance of false complaint made against his client. There was no verification. His client was not heard. Enquiry report was not supplied and moreover, the District Magistrate has no authority to pass impugned order as it is to be passed by the District Level Caste Scrutiny Committee. He submits further, impugned order is also against declaration of law made by the Supreme Court in Kumari Madhuri Patil Vs. Additional Commissioner, Tribal Development reported in AIR 1995 SC 94. Mr. Gireesh Chandra Tiwari, learned advocate, Standing Counsel appears on behalf of respondent nos.1 and 2 (the State). Mr. Prabhakar Awasthi, learned advocate appears on behalf of private respondent nos.3 and 4. He submits, his client had lodged complaint against petitioner. Respondents oppose the writ petition. On query we are told, by impugned order respondent no.2 reiterated the earlier cancellation noticing that challenge thereto to this Court stood rejected on order dated 29th January, 2016 in petitioner's earlier Writ -C no. - 21323 of 2013 (Pramod Kumar Singh Vs. State of U.P. thru Secy. and three others). Further submission is, pursuant to the rejection respondent nos.3 and 4 had petitioned for recovery of all benefits had by petitioner. It is on that complaint impugned order was made, relegating the grievance to the competent authority. Petitioner's contentions against impugned order cannot be re- agitated. There is no ground for interference. The writ petition is dismissed. Order Date :- 10.7.2025 Arun K. Singh (Arindam Sinha, J.) (Dr. Y. K. Srivastava, J.) Digitally signed by :- ARUN KUMAR SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad