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OBC Candidates Not Exempt From Rigors Of Cut-Off Dates: Allahabad HC [Read Judgment]

In a significant judgement delivered on Thursday, the High Court of Allahabad has ruled that OBC candidates applying for government jobs are “not exempt from the rigours of a cut-off or last date” given in the recruitment notices.A full Bench of the Court comprising Chief Justice D.B. In a significant judgement delivered on Thursday, the High Court of Allahabad has ruled that OBC candidates applying for government jobs are “not exempt from the rigours of a cut-off or last date” given in the recruitment notices. Bhosle, Justice Dilip Gupta and Justice Yashwant Varma was constituted to decide on several questions that had arisen after two Division Benches of the Court gave conflicting views in the matter. The Batch of Petitions and Appeals had been filed by OBC candidates, whose candidature had been turned down by the UP Police Recruitment and Promotion Board, following their failure to submit their caste certificates by the cut-off date mentioned in the The candidates had now contended that the prescription of a cut-off date for the production of caste certificates is “wholly superfluous and of no significance whatsoever”.

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