( 1 ) IT is writ petition, according to the petitioner, is an offshoot of Civil Writ No. 1375 of 1975, earlier filed by him.

( 2 ) KHAZAN Singh, the petitioner, is an ex-Sub-Inspector of Police. He is a Jat, by caste, his father Hazari Lal being a milk vendor belonging to that caste. The petitioner claims to have been adopted by Kishan Lal who is a Julaha (Kabirpanthi) by caste. The petitioner s allegation is that his natural father and adoptive father had been doing dairy business in partnership since 1947, that the petitioner was one of four sons of his father, that the adoptive father was very old and adoptive mother had developed T. B. and they had no issues of their own and that therefore the petitioner s natural parents and adoptive parents agreed to give and take the petitioner in adoption into the family of Sri Kishan Lal. It is alleged that a deed of adoption was executed on 5-1-1969 on a stamp paper of Rs. 25 (a photostat copy of which is Annexure a ) and that certain customary ceremonies were also performed on the same day which are evidenced by a photograph taken on the occasion (Annexure b ). Acccording to the petitioner therefore, he is entitled to be