JUDGMENT :

The present writ petition has been filed for issuance of direction upon the concerned respondents to issue caste certificates of schedule tribe to the petitioners as well as their family members whose surnames are ‘Manjhi’ and belong to ‘Santhal’ community as per the record of rights of 1911 and 1964, however, due to erroneous finding of the respondent no. 7 – the Circle Officer, Ichagarh, Seraikella-Kharsawan, the concerned authorities have stopped issuing the certificates of scheduled tribe to the petitioners and their family members. Further prayer has been made for issuance of direction upon the concerned respondents to conduct high level enquiry in this regard as suggested by the respondent no. 7 vide his enquiry report contained in letter no. 03 dated 02.01.2016 mentioning that there was a doubt regarding the residents of Nawadih village having the surname ‘Manjhi’ claiming themselves as belonging to the scheduled tribe community.

2. During pendency of the writ petition, the petitioners have also filed I.A. No. 3301 of 2018 seeking challenge to the enquiry report of the respondent no. 7 contained in letter no. 03 dated 02.01.2016, as according to them, the certificat