By the Court.—The petitioner was issued a caste certificate of ‘Kharwar’ caste on 15.6.2004 by the Tehsildar, Ghazipur. Another certificate, reiterating the earlier one dated 15.6.2004, was issued by the Tehsildar on 22.3.2007. Both the certificates have collectively been filed as annexure-2 to the writ petition. The issuance of said certificate is not in dispute by the parties.

2. The said ‘Kharwar’ caste has been declared as Scheduled Tribe by the U.P. Government Notification of 2002. On the basis of such caste certificate, vide appointment letter dated 1.3.2007, the petitioner was appointed as a driver in the C.R.P.F on 3.9.2009, the Commandant of the C.R.P.F Battalion sent communication for verification of the caste certificate issued in favour of the petitioner. The then Tehsildar verified the issuance of the caste certificate in favour of the petitioner, but besides this, on his own, he sent a communication to the Principal Secretary, Samaj Kalyan, Uttar Pradesh on 12.10.2009 to the effect that the caste certificate, certifying the caste of the petitioner as of ‘Kharwar’ was wrongly issued. According to the Tehsildar, the petitioner belongs to ‘Kamkar’ or ‘Kahar’ cast