1) as your father was class II officer even at 40 and hence would fall under OBC NC
2)For government employees only their position in the office is the criterion for non-creamy layer status. Excluding all Class I employees and direct recruits of Class II cadre, all other govt. servants having income greater than 6 lakhs are still eligible for the OBC non creamy layer certificates
3) Rs 6 lakh criterion thus applies only for business class not for salaried government working class.