1. Heard Mr. Parikshit Saini, the learned counsel for the petitioners in WPMS No.124/2011 and WPMS No.1138/2011, Mr. Yogesh Pacholia, the learned counsel for the petitioner in WPMS No.210/2010, Mr. Anil Kumar Joshi, the learned counsel for the petitioner in WPMS No.1948/2010, Mr. Manish Arora, the learned counsel for the petitioners in WPMS No.2006/2010 & 208/2011, Mr. L. K. Verma, the learned counsel for the petitioner in WPMS No.2045/2010 & 1213/2009, Mr. Lalit Tiwari, the learned counsel for the petitioner in WPMS No.2214/2010, Mr. S. K. Shandilya, the learned counsel for the petitioner in WPMS No.2255/2010, Mr. Ajay Veer Pundir, the learned counsel for the petitioner in WPMS No.138/2011, Mr. B. D. Pande, the learned counsel for the petitioners in WPMS No.214/2011, Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, the learned counsel for the petitioner in WPMS No.923/2011 and Mr. S. N. Babulkar, the learned Advocate General with Mr. B. D. Upadhyaya, the learned Additional Advocate General for the State.

2. In this group of petitions, the petitioners are aggrieved by the action of the respondents in rejecting their application for grant of a caste certificate or cancellation of the caste certi