Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:62648 Court No. - 4 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 2839 of 2025 Petitioner :- Shubham Kumar Chaurasia Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Daya Shanker Yadav,Mahendra Kumar Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Ajit Kumar,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the parties. 2. Instructions have been obtained by learned Standing Counsel in compliance of last order of this Court and placed the same before the Court which are taken on record. Copy of instructions have also been supplied to learned counsel for the petitioner. 3. As per instructions, petitioner since failed to supply Other Backward Caste certificate he was taken to be a general category candidate and since he was taken as a general category candidate his age exceeded the prescribed age provided under the advertisement for general unreserved category and, hence he could not be placed in the select list. It is further submitted that now selection in respect of 2023 recruitment have already been concluded with publication of final select list on 13th March, 2025. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner had not supplied original copy of Other Backward Caste certificate but he had supplied photocopy of the same and that ought to have been considered. 5. In my considered view, petitioner was required to supply original copy of Other Backward Caste certificate so that verification could have been done and photocopy of the same would not have been sufficient to meet the prerequisites to place him in the select list. 6. In view of the above, no relief can be granted to the petitioner. This petition is held to be devoid of merit and is, accordingly, dismissed. Order Date :- 24.4.2025 Shiraz Digitally signed by :- SHIRAZ ALI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad