Rajiv Sharma, J.

Petitioner has challenged the Scheduled Tribes Caste Certificate issued in favour of respondent nos.5 and 6 on 16.07.1984 and 08.07.2006 respectively.

2. The case of the petitioner, in a nutshell, is that the respondent nos.5 and 6 are Nepali Gorkhas in origin and they could not be issued Scheduled Tribes certificates.

3. Petitioner has placed reliance upon the report furnished by Lekhpal on 14.12.2006. The complaint was lodged by the petitioner. The matter was looked into by Tehsildar i.e. respondent no.4 vide report dated 09.12.2006.

4. Shri Ran Bahadur was the father of respondent no.5 and grandfather of respondent no.6.

5. It is evident from the report dated 09.12.2006 that a land measuring 1.17 acre was registered in the Revenue records in the year 1949-50, in the name of Ran Bahadur, Nar Bahadur and Dhan Bahadur. In the year 1963, land measuring 3.26 acre was registered in the name of Ran Bahadur.

6. The father of Bachan Singh, Mr. Major Singh has obtained his education from Junior High School, Tiuni, Chakrata. His date of birth is registered as 25.09.1955. His caste was registered as Rajput. The father of Mr. Major Singh was residing in village Darmigaad