JUDGMENT :

Sanjeev Kumar, J.

SWP No.546/2019

1. In this petition, the petitioner is a candidate selected as Sub Inspector (Executive) in Jammu and Kashmir Police pursuant to the selection made vide PHQ Notification No. PERS-A-400/2016/75303-403 dated 30th December 2016, under the reserved category of Scheduled Tribe (ST). It is the grievance of the petitioner that despite there being a valid Category Certificate of ST issued by the competent Authority in his favour, he has not been appointed pending authenticity report of petitioner’s Category Certificate from the competent Authority. He has, therefore, sought a direction to the respondents to issue authenticity report of the Category Certificate of the petitioner so that he is in a position to join as Sub inspector (Executive) in Jammu and Kashmir Police.

2. The stand of the official respondents in their objections is that pursuant to a complaint with regard to the genuineness of the Category Certificate of some candidates including the petitioner, an enquiry was conducted by the Addl. District Magistrate (ADM), Bijbehara, and on the basis of recommendations of the Sub Divisional Magistraate (SDM), the Deputy Commissioner, Anantnag