Mahendra Singh v. the State of U.P. and 2 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Allahabad High Court (DB) disposed writ petition WRIT-C 18650 of 2025 (order dated 18.7.2025, neutral citation 2025:AHC:116889-DB): petitioner Mahendra Singh challenged rejection (letter dated 15.4.2025) of his application for an online caste certificate while holding an offline caste certificate issued 5.9.1980; State contended no fresh certificate could be issued; bench affirmed the offline certificate valid, made no direction, and granted liberty to furnish certified copy of the order to any authority demanding an online certificate. No statute or precedent cited.
What did the court decide?
Liberty to the petitioner to produce photocopy of the certified copy of this order to whichever authority requires an online certificate, to assert validity of his offline certificate. ¶5