WP(C) 105/2011 BEFORE THE HON’BLE MR JUSTICE B.K. SHARMA The petitioner is an aspirant for the post of Constable (GD) in the CRPF . His candidature has been rejected on the ground of non-furnishing of OBC certi ficate in the prescribed format. It is the case of the petitioner that he had pr oduced the OBC certificate as was furnished to him by the appropriate authority in the State Government. In the counter affidavit filed by the respondents, it h as been stated that the petitioner was treated as general category candidate by the Presiding Officer of the Recruitment Board as the petitioner failed to furni sh the OBC certificate in the prescribed format. In the reply affidavit it has been stated that the petitioner had secure d 46 marks out of 100 marks and the cut off mark for OBC candidate being 45, he is entitled to get selection. In this connection, the petitioner has placed reli ance on the order dated 9.2.2009 passed by this Court in Review Petition No. 15/ 2009 in WP(C) No. 2672/2008. Since the furnishing of the OBC certificate in the particular format was not in the hand of the petitioner and had submitted the OBC certificate as was issued to him by the prescribed authority, in my considered view, the petitione r should have been considered as an OBC category candidate on the basis of the s aid certificate instead of treating him as a general category candidate. In case of any doubt regarding the validity of the said certificate, the respondents ma y carry out necessary investigation. In view of the above, the writ petition is disposed of directing the res pondents to treat the case of the petitioner as an OBC category candidate subjec t to necessary verification, if they wish to make regarding the validity of the OBC certificate that was produced by the petitioner.