IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.8601 of 2009 KUMARI MANISHA wife of Satish Kumar Saha, resident of Mohalla- Tilak Nagar, PO & PS Begusarai Town, District Begusarai Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR 2. Principal Secretary, Personnel and Administrative Reforms Dept. Government of Bihar, Patna 3. Bihar Public Service Commission, 15, Jawaharlal Nehru Marg ( Beli Road), Patna-1 4. Secretary, Bihar Public Service Commission, 15, Jawaharlal Nehru Marg ( Beli Road), Patna-1 5. Deputy Secretary-cum- Examination Controller, Bihar Public Service Commission, 15, Jawaharlal Nehru Marg ( Beli Road), Patna-1 ----------- For the petitioner: Mr. Yogendra Kumar, Advocate For the State: Mr. S.K. Ghosh, AAG II For the BPSC: Mr. Sanjay Pandey, Advocate *********** 2 27-07-2009 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned counsel for the State and learned counsel for the Bihar Public Service Commission (hereinafter referred to as the Commission). The grievance of the petitioner is that in the advertisement issued by the Commission for filling up of vacant posts of Civil Judge (Junior Division) there is provision for relaxation of age for the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe candidates but no provision for such relaxation has been made in the case of candidates belonging to OBC (Other Backward Caste) and other reserved categories. Learned counsel for the Commission has placed before us the relevant rules to point out that although through a recent amendment in the Bihar Civil Services (Judicial Branch) Recruitment Rules reservation has been extended to OBC and some other categories but Rule 6 which provides for the age 2 relaxation has not been amended and that rules provides for age relaxation only in the case of Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe candidates. Hence, it has been submitted that the Commission had no power to act contrary to the rules and make any provision for relaxation of age in respect of candidates other than Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe category. In view of submissions advanced on behalf of the Commission as noticed above, we find no merit in this writ petition. It is, accordingly, dismissed. BKS/- (Shiva Kirti Singh, ACJ.) (Anjana Prakash, J.)