examination, he failed to do so. Thereafter, he has not applied for seeking exemption and, the requirement for exemption is for the person to apply for the same and that too it shall be effective only from the date on which the application was made, if at all the Competent Authority accepts such proposal and grants exemption, but not otherwise. In the present case, the application itself for exemption never being filed, there cannot be any question of the petitioner being given any benefit on account of reaching a particular age which entitles the person to apply and ask for exemption from passing the examination. Moreover, even if the amendment dated 20.05.2014 is considered, as has rightly been submitted by learned counsel for the State, the same is of no help to the petitioner inasmuch as, it applies only to “ such Group “D” employee who have the qualifications for the appointment in clerical post” who can be considered for promotion without examination. At the cost of repetition, the Rules specifying the qualification of having computer knowledge and proficiency in computer typing, which the petitioner does not possess, such amendment is not at all applicable in the case of the petitioner. At this juncture, the Court would only refer to a document purportedly written by the In-charge Headmaster of the +2 N.R.S. High School, Sarauti in the district of Madhubani dated 09.06.2016 in which one of the enclosures is mentioned as Certificate In Computer Operation at
