SL. No Date Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar’s order with Signatures COURT’S OR JUDGES’S ORDERS WPMS No. 94 of 2026 Hon’ble Rakesh Thapliyal, J. 1. Mr. Suryakant Maithani, learned counsel for the petitioner. 2. Mr. Ganesh Kandpal, learned Deputy Advocate General for the State. 3. By the instant petition, petitioner is praying for following reliefs: “i. Issue a writ of Certiorari quashing and setting aside the impugned order dated 25.08.2025 (Annexure no. 5) whereby the petitioner’s caste certificate dated 22.03.2016 has been cancelled. ii. Issue a writ of Mandamus directing the respondent authorities to restore and revalidate the petitioner’s caste certificate dated 22.03.2016 (Annexure No. 2) declaring him to be a member of the jaunsari scheduled tribe, and to treat the same as valid for all legal and official purposes.” 4. Mr. Ganesh Kandpal, learned Deputy Advocate General for the State apprised to this Court that petitioner has alternative remedy to approach the Appellate Authority i.e. State Level Scrutiny Committee for redresssal of his grievance. 5. In such view of the matter, writ petition is disposed of finally with liberty to the petitioner to approach the Appellate Authority within ten days and if such an appeal is filed by the petitioner within ten days, then the Appellate Authority is directed to decide the same within six weeks from the date of production of certified copy of this order. (Rakesh Thapliyal, J.) 09.01.2026 SKS