- (1.) Heard learned counsel for the petitioner.
(2.) The petitioner is of the Other Backward Category (OBC) and is already employed in the State Services. An advertisement has been issued by the U.P. Public Service Commission for the Combined State/Upper Subordinate Service Examination, 2017 where the petitioner is claiming further age relaxation as he admittedly at present is about 46 years of age.
(3.) The contention is that the petitioner should be treated to be eligible under the age conditions prescribed, inasmuch as, he being of the Other Backward Category is entitled to apply up to 45 years and in addition thereto he is entitled to a further relaxation of 5 years that is available to in-service employees. Consequently, the application form of the petitioner deserves to be accepted and he should not be denied the opportunity to appear in the said examination.;