WP(C) 1962/2010 BEFORE THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.R. SARMA Heard Mr. D. C. Borah, learned counsel for the petitioner. Also heard Mr. B. Gog oi, learned Standing counsel appearing for the Health Department, Government of Assam. The writ petitioner in response to an advertisement issued by the respondent No. 2 for recruitment of one thousand number of Multi Purpose Workers under the Heal th Department, applied for the said post in standard form. Accordingly, the peti tioner appeared in the written test and obtained 65 marks out of 100. But the pe titioner was not called for the oral test. Subsequently, the petitioner came to know that his candidature was rejected on the ground that he did not apply for t he OBC category and annexed no certificate in support of the said claim. Accordi ng to the petitioner, in the application form, he mentioned the community to whi ch he belongs i.e Assamese Koch and annexed the relevant caste certificate als o. In the affidavit-in-opposition filed on behalf of the respondents, it has bee n categorically stated that the petitioner at the time of submission of his appl ication, neither mentioned that he belonged to Other Backward Communities (OBC) nor did he submit the OBC certificate along with the application form. In refuting the said statement made in the affidavit-in-opposition aforesaid, th e petitioner by filing a rejoinder along with the photocopy of the application a nd the caste certificate stated that he had annexed the caste certificate at the time of submission of the application. The learned Standing counsel, Health Department has produced the original applic ation and the certificates submitted by the petitioner. In the said application, the petitioner at Sl.No.9 mentioned his community as Assamese Koch and he did not mention that he belonged to OBC category. Attested copies of t he certificates annexed to the said application does not include the caste certi ficate. In view of the above, though the petitioner has pleaded that the caste certifica te was submitted at the time of submitting the application, the original applica tion and the certificate submitted by the respondents does not support the said contention of the petitioner. In view of the above, it appears that the petitioner at the time of filing the a pplication, neither mentioned that he belonged OBC nor submitted the original ca ste certificate. Considering the entire aspect of the matter, I find no force in the submission o f the petitioner. Accordingly, the writ petition is found to be devoid of merit. Therefore, the sa me stands dismissed.