How to bind a dropdownlist from Enum in MVC3?

This post will help you to bind a dropdownlist from an Enum in MVC 3 application. Here i create a methode which will return an IQueryable<SelectListItem> list from a given enum.
the methode is like bellow
public static IQueryable<SelectListItem> BindDropdownListFromEnum<T>()
        {
            List<SelectListItem> lstEnum = new List<SelectListItem>();
            var lsttype = from t in lstEnum select t;
            try
            {
                T objType = Activator.CreateInstance<T>();
                foreach (T enumValue in Enum.GetValues(typeof(T)))
                {
                    FieldInfo fi = typeof(T).GetField(enumValue.ToString());
                    DescriptionAttribute da = (DescriptionAttribute)Attribute.GetCustomAttribute(fi, typeof(DescriptionAttribute));
                    SelectListItem lstItem = new SelectListItem();
                    int val = (int)fi.GetValue(enumValue);
                    if (da != null)
                    {
                        lstItem = new SelectListItem { Text = da.Description, Value = Convert.ToString(val) };
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        lstItem = new SelectListItem { Text = fi.Name, Value = Convert.ToString(val) };
                    }

                    if (!lstEnum.Contains(lstItem))
                    {
                        lstEnum.Add(lstItem);
                    }
                }

                lsttype = from t in lstEnum select t;
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                throw ex;
            }

            return ((IEnumerable<SelectListItem>)lsttype).Select(x => x).AsQueryable();
        }

Here if the enum has description for its Key then it will return the Key as Description and the Value will be the enum value. as a list of IEnumerable<SelectListItem> where SelectListItem's key and value will be the enum types key and value respectively.

In controller
-----------------
 IEnumerable<SelectListItem> lstUsertypes = EnumUtility.BindDropdownListFromEnum<UserType>();
 ViewBag.UserType = lstUsertypes;

In view
----------
Usertype :  @Html.DropDownList("UserType", "-- Select All --")

Enum
-----------
 /// <summary>
    /// Enumeration UserType use for Get User Type
    /// </summary>
    public enum UserType
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// For Private Value is 1
        /// </summary>
        Private = 1,

        /// <summary>
        /// For Company Value is 2
        /// </summary>
        Company = 2,

        /// <summary>
        /// For Organisation Value is 3
        /// </summary>
        Organisation = 3
    }

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