( 1 ) THIS writ petition preferred under Arts. 226/227 of the Constitution of India is directed against the proceedings of the National Commission for scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, the first respondent herein registered in file No. 2/fcs 2/2001-SSW-l and the 'findings' contained in the report dated 16-10-2001. The petitioner has sought for quashing of the impugned proceedings by writ of certio- rari and also prayed for a writ of mandamus to declare the findings contained in the report dated 16-10-2001 as void and inoperative. In addition, the petitioner has sought for a direction restraining the respondents from conducting any proceeding or taking any action pursuant to the complaint filed by the sixth respondent herein or the impugned findings of the first respondent- commission.

( 2 ) THE facts of the case leading to filing of this writ petition may be noted in the first instance and they, as stated by the petitioner himself, in brief, are as follows : the petitioner belongs to a Tribal Community known as 'kawar/kanwar' which is notified as Scheduled Tribe under the Constitution Scheduled Tribe Order, 1950. The petitioner's forefathers were resident of