M. P. KENIA, J, J.

( 1 ) PARTIES have filed their counter and rejoinder affidavits and at the admission stage itself this writ petition is being finally disposed of in accordance with the Rules of this Court.

( 2 ) THE petitioner by means of the present writ petition has sought issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus directing the Union of India through the Secretary Ministry of Home Affairs, New Delhi to declare the Khangar Community as a Scheduled caste in Uttar Pradesh. The petitioner is a medical practitioner in the town of Chirgaon situated in district Jhansi where he has opened a nursing home after passing his M. B. B. S. The petitioner belongs to the Khangar community which according to the petitioner has been recognised as a Scheduled Caste with respect to the States of Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Rajasthan. It is the case of the petitioner that the Khangar community is mainly the inhabitant in the area of Bundelkhand which has been divided in between the States of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh, that once upon a time this community was found in five districts of Uttar Pradesh and atleast five districts of Madhya Pradesh. Petitioner contended that in Bundelkhand

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