(1) THE appellant is a resident of Haryana and belongs to the reserved category of Other Backward Classes (OBC), as declared by the State Government. He appeared for the Common Engineering Entrance Test (CEET), 1999-2000, conducted by the Regional Engineering College, Kurukshetra, for admission to various Engineering Colleges in the State of Haryana. He sought admission against the seat reserved for OBC candidate. Father of the appellant, who admittedly is a Class-ll Officer with the State Government, applied to respondent no. 3 - Deputy Commissioner, Yamuna Nagar, Haryana, for issuance of an OBC certificate. That certificate was denied to the appellant vide order of the Deputy Commissioner, Yamuna Nagar, dated 24th June, 1999 on the ground that "the income for the last three years of the father of the applicant is more than 3 lakh". The said order of the Deputy Commissioner was put in issue by the appellant through his father by a writ petition in the High Court. The Division Bench of the High Court opined that father of the appellant had been rightly included in the creamy layer because his gross annual income was more than Rs. 1,00,000/- for a period of three consecutive