By the Court.—Heard learned counsel for both the parties.

2. This intra-Court appeal is directed against the judgment and order dated 8th November, 2016 passed by the learned Single Judge in writ petition No. 53297 of 2016 (Arvind Kumar Yadav v. U.P. Police Recruitment and Promotion Board and others).

3. Facts in short relevant for deciding the appeal are as under :

4. Petitioner on the strength of his being a member of other backward class (Non-Creamy Layer) submitted online application for being considered against the post, which was advertised for the purpose of recruitment on 23th February, 2016.

5. The appellant produced two certificates in respect of his claim for being considered within the reserved category of OBC that may be (Non-Creamy Layer). The certificates are enclosed at pages ‘36’ and ‘37’ of this special appeal.

6. The learned Single Judge has examined the certificate enclosed with the form. The certificate at page ‘35’ has been issued on 14th March, 2013 i.e. much prior to two years as on the cut-off date provided in the advertisement. The certificate enclosed at page ‘36’ issued on 15th March, 2016 records that petitioner belongs to other backward class c