r 46 1 1 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB 8 HARYIUA AT k CHANDIGARH 1 1 J 15 f r CWPN0 10230f2011 Date ofDecisionl 32011 ParamveerSinghand others Petitioners Versus Punjab Public ServiceCossion 8Lothers 2 CWP No5280f2011 1 r tm Simar Preet Kaur aePetitioner 0 Versus 1 0 PunjabPublic Service Commission 0 i 3 CWP No480f2011 I C5 Gur Jai Pal Singh Petitioner I Versus Punjab Public ServiceCommission 8canother Z CWP No23 of20110v0 C Sukhpal Singh Petitioner 1 Versus Public ServiceCommission another Respondents 1 1 1 Z 1 CWP No2435 of2011 GursharanSingh ePetitioner 11 Versus W Z PunjabPublic ServiceCommission8 another Respondents 1 6 CWP No2436 of2011 Iarnek Singh8 another Petitioners Versus PunjabPublic ServiceCommission c another Respondents 11 CWP No507 of2011 Maninder PartapSingh Petitioner 9ae 1 Versus PunjabPublic ServiceCommission c another B CWP No2553 of2011 Karamvir Singh vPetitioner 1 Versus Punjab Public Service Commissionc another Respondents 1 1 1 e1 4 1 1 Pooja 2014.07.01 10:20 True Copy of the Original PHHC, Chandigarh JOYTI RANI 2016.03.28 10:51 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document 1 le r 11r 1 47 1 1 1 eI111l 41 007 1 1 171 11 1 CWP No 1023of2011 m t 11 1 CWP No2666of2011 t 1 Kaur 8 others Petitioners S Il 2 Versus 1 PunjabPublic ServiceCossion Ecothers 1 10 CWP No2688of2011 1 RailinderKaur wPetitioner t Versus 1 1 PunjabPublic Service Commission 8lother 13 11 CWP No27350f2011 k 0 0 Singh Petitioner r Versus 0 Ponjab Public ServiceCossion c another 12 CWP NoA682 of2011 C Z KamaljitSingh another ePetitioners 1 Versus Q Punjab Public Service Commissioncnother 1 r L3 CWP No6522 of2011 I C0 Singh Petitioner Z 1 4f Versus 0 2 PunjabPublic ServiceCommission 8 others r CORAMm HONBLE MReJUSTICE PERMOD KOHLI Il Z t Present Mr Pawan Kumar Sr Advocatewith Mr Saquib Ali Khan Advocate tl Mr Jagdeep S Mr HC Arora Mr SL Chand ShekharMr GlV Malik Mr Harsh Aggarwal Mr PS 6 KhuranaMr BS Sewak Mr G1 BajajMs JyotiSarin t Mr GurmohanSinghMr HC Arora Advocatesfor the 4 petitioners Mr PuneetGuptaAddl AG Punjab ee Ms Anu Pal AAG Punjab 1 3k4 PERMOD KOHLIJ ORALI 1 Faced with the common factualpremises andquestions of law 1 all thesepetitionsare being ofbythis common order In view of the common repliesfiled bythe Stateof Punjab and PunjabPublic ServiceCommission in CWP No 1023of2011 4Pl 4 Pooja 2014.07.01 10:20 True Copy of the Original PHHC, Chandigarh JOYTI RANI 2016.03.28 10:51 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document r 48 CWP No10230f2011 3 havealso beentreatedas common replies in all thesewrit petitions P The Punjab Public ServiceCommission hereinafterefenedto as the Commission 1e no issued an advertisementdated I b 2612009 inviting for fillingup of 143 poststhrough Punjab Civil Services Combined Examination 2009 Initially143 1 0 postswere advertisedhowever bya dated21122009 issued 0 by the Commission postsof Excise 8 TaxationOfficers were increased 1i C0 from 37 to 74 distributed in vanous Thus the total numberof I 5 r seats brought within the purviewof aforementionedexaminationcame to I 180 Z to PunjabCivil Services ecutive Branchl 1S 7 4 regulatedbythestatutoryrules framedunder provisoto Article 309 namely 1 1 I Punjab Civil Services Executive BranchClassmI2ules 1976 Rule 7 Z dealswith the to the serviceand readsas underl 1 00 rt 7 to the Service shall be made ln manner hereinprovidedjom amongstaccepted candidateswhosenas havebeen 3 Z dulyenteredin accordancewith theserules in the of 0 candidatesto bemaintainedundertheserules 33 Rule 8 dealswith theRegisters to bemaintainedUnder Rule 8 4 as many as flve typesof are to be maintainedRegisterAl A2 Ae3 and C deal with the to the service from the in service ee candidates from various feeding services of the State of Punjabwhereas 1 RegisterB deals with the direct recruitment on the basis of main competitive examination Rule 89 readsas under I e ThefollowingRegistersof candidates shall be rnaintainedbythe to Govt Punjabnamelyl 4 Register B in which shall be enteredthename ofpersons 1 accepted as candidatesas a result ofthema examination 744 Pooja 2014.07.01 10:20 True Copy of the Original PHHC, Chandigarh JOYTI RANI 2016.03.28 10:51 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document r 1 49 4 2 CWP No 1023 of2011 4 and 33 t Rule 14 dealswith the inclusionof thequalified candidatesln 1 themain en in Register B subject to the of 1 1 Rules 13 and 13A Rules 12 and 13 deal with the conduct of the 4 1 examinationand admissionof candidatesto the W examination whereasRule 13mAdeals tr with the main examinationto be held for selection of li 0 1 0 candidatesThese rules are hereunder 1 1 I r C9 14 12 l9 A preary exanon the 1 1 I ofwhich are containedin Appendir II oftheserules shall be held at anyplacein the StateofPunjab as and when notifiedbytheGovt Z throughthe Commissionfor the purpose of selection of candidatesfor 1 1 admissionto themain examinaUonas speciedin rule 13aA 1 Q4 1 0 21 Notice of theda fuedfor the I examinationshall bepublished in thePunjabGovt Gazette 0 9 Z 13 for permissionto sit in the c examinationwill be calledbythe Commission a QO shall be made in theuumner andformprescribed and bysuch nV2 documentsor papersas maybe required bythe Commissionin thisbehal Z 2 No person shall be allowed to appear in the Qm examination 1 5 a whohasnot attainedthe ageoftwenty oneyearsor who will have attainedthe age oftwentysevenyearson the last datefuedbythe submission Provided that the upper age limit may be relaxed bythe Govt C 1 Pom time to timee that in the case ofacandidatewhobelongs to ScheduledCastesor BackwardClasses the upper agelimit shall be such as mayfromtime to time be xedbytheGovt in respectofentryinto senlice 1 under the Stateofpersonsbelonging to such castes or classes b1 who doesnot possessat least a bachelorsdegreeof Cl recognized unNersity in Arts Science or Commercend rJ vohnrlnPr nnf lnI thPrlnsino dnto fnr rPrPint nf 6 Pooja 2014.07.01 10:20 True Copy of the Original PHHC, Chandigarh JOYTI RANI 2016.03.28 10:51 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document SO 1 CWP No 1023of2011 5 to be notiJledbythe Commission senda crossedBank Draft 14 drawn in favourof SecretaryPunjabPublic SenliceComssion payable at Patiala on account of examinationfee as fuedby the Commission Provided that a Govt servant holdinga ministerial under the PunjabGovL including Courts who has not less continuousserviceundertheGovt on thelastdateflxed by 1 C the submission shall beeligible to appear ln the examinationif he possesses at least a Bachelors degreeof a 0 I 1 0 1versity in Arts Science or Commerceand has not attained the age ofthirtyeightyears subject to theconditionthathe hm not availed 1 r 0 of three chcmcesin addition to thosewhich he mighthave alreadyavailed I ofin any other capacity Z Note Anypersonwho is eligible as Gov servantunder 1 this rule and wishes to appear ln the examinationshall submit his I l fL applicationin the prescribed formthrough theHead of hiHice to the I Secretary to the Commission I6 1 l3 13A 11 A main examination t7le of Z 1 c which are containedin Appendix III of theserules shall be held at any OO placein the StateofPunjabas andwhennotiJiedbythe Govt through the Commission for the purpose of selection by of 1 many 7 Z the service as Govt may determine tl 21 Notice of the date fixedfor the matn examinationshall bepublished in thePunjabGovt Gazette 4 39 No candidate shall be allowed to sit in the main competitiveexamination unless he has qualUiedthe prelimina exation in termsoftheprovisionofrule I 2 e 41 The total number of candidatesto be admittedto the 1 maln examination shall not exceed thteen times the total number ofvacancies determinedbythe Govt undersubrule 33 The Commissionalso issued brochurefor PunjabState Civil 1 Service Combined Examination 2009 The brochure COntains entireinformation in respectto thenumberofvacancies break 1 1 up the conditionsrelating to preliminary andmain examination Pe er 94 Pooja 2014.07.01 10:20 True Copy of the Original PHHC, Chandigarh JOYTI RANI 2016.03.28 10:51 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document 51 l CWP No1023of2011 6 andothedetails regarding the examinationcentres etc As per the brochure 1 1 the preliminary examination consist of two papers in the following mannerl 1 S6 PRELIMINARY PUNJAB STATE CIVIL SERVICE COMBINED COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION le The preliminary examinationwill consist of 1 Ct two papers of type nultiplechoice and cany a maximumof450 marksin thesubject as under 1 0 C PaperI General Studies 150 marks 1 I t5 PaperII Onesubject to be 300 marks Z selectedfromthelist 1 ofoptional subject 2 1 givenbelow 0 j l 10 Totall 450 marks 6 Co Those who are qualifiedin the b Z 11 examinationare entitledto applyfor admission to the main m examination 1 awo Z All the appliedfor examinatlOll ln Clm response to the aforementionedadvertisement Petitionersin thesepetitions belongto ScheduledCastes Backward Classes and Freedom Fighter categorles The fact remams that all the petitioners belongto one or the ICl other reservedcategoryTheywere issuedadmit card and roll numbersfor 1 in thepreliminary examinationwhich was held on 19122010 The Commission issued list of the success811candidatesof preliminary examination The list comprisesof shortlisted candidates for the malll examinationcategorywise like generalScheduledCastes Backward Castes etc Even though the list is roll numberwise however every list contains 4 4 Pooja 2014.07.01 10:20 True Copy of the Original PHHC, Chandigarh JOYTI RANI 2016.03.28 10:51 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document 52 1 r 41 CWP No 1023 of2011 7 1 securedby the candidatesin the 1 categorywise cut off marks examination The detailsof categorywise cut off marksfor eachcategory arein the following manner I 4 GENERAL CATEGORY 11 TOTAL CDIDATES1106 CUT OFF MARKS2900017 4 ESM PUNJAB CATEGORY 121 l TOTAL CANDIDATES119 CUT OFF MARKS680456 17 0 LDESM PUNJAB CATEGORY 031 C0 TOTAL CANDIDATES8 CUT OFF MARKS2030578 FREEDOM FIGHTERS PUNJAB CATEGORY 041 r C5 TOTAL CANDIDATES14 CUT OFF MARKS3050050 I SPORTSPERSONS PUNJAB CATEGORY 051 Z TOTAL CANDIDATES26 CUT OFF MARKS2260510 jr PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED PUNJAB CATEGORY 0 0610 TOTAL CANDIDATES6 CUT OFF MARKS2230063 I 11 SC OTHERS PtJAB CATEGORY 7I Z 9 TOTAL CANDIDATES249 CUT OFF MARKS276e023 00 SC ESM PUNJAB CATEGORY 081 TOTAL CANDIDATES12 CUTT OFF MARKS680456 7 Z SCOTHERSSPORTSPERSONSIPUNJAB CATEGORY tl 801 TOTAL CANDIDATES CUTT OFF MARKS2110155 BlM SIKH PUNJAB CATEGOR811 TOTAL CANDIDATES36 CUT OFF MARKS2310117 BlM SIKH PUN CATEGORY 821 TOTAL CANDIDATES1 CUT OFF MARKS48e591 C4Va 1 BlM SIKH SPORTS PERSON PUNJAB CATEGOR841 TOTAL CANDIDATES2 CUT OFF MARKS2300923 BC PUNJAB CATEGOR851 TOTAL CANDIDATES317 CUT OFF MARKS2257 BC ESM PUNJAB CATEGOR861 TOTAL CANDIDATES12 CUT OFF MARKS80456 1 1 lr e e ve Y Pooja 2014.07.01 10:20 True Copy of the Original PHHC, Chandigarh JOYTI RANI 2016.03.28 10:51 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document 53 l 1 4 ea CWP No 1023of2011 8m l whobelongto differentreservedcategories havenot 11 1 been for the main examinationhavingsecuredmarks less than the cut off marks in their however some of the 1 havesecuredmarksmore thanthe lastqualified candidatesin the general category It is also to note that in rnost of the reserved l 0 the shortlistedcandidateshave securedmore marksthan the last 0 sholtlistedin the general categoryIn Vlew of this factual the l 1 1 0 have this Court seeking a direction for shifting the I C5 reservedcategorycandidateswho have secured more marks than the I shortlisted candidatesin general categoryto general category on the basisof Z their highermerit and resultantslotsin reservedIist be SIIedfrom reserved 1 1 0 candidatesnext in the merit on the basisof test The I 6 prayer made in some of the writ petitions is also to redraw the merit list in 1 Z accordancewith themandate in case of Indra Sawhney Vse CtO UnionofIndia as 1992 SupplaI SCC 217 andReKeSabharwal t 7 and others Vse State ofPuniab reportedas 1995121RSJ 8950 Z The stand of the Commission and the 1S 0 identical It is statedthatas per thePunjabStateCivil Service 1 byCombined Examination Rules 2009read with Punjab Civil Service ExecutiveBranch Rules 1976 Zule13eA49thetotalnumberof candidatesto be admittedto the main examination cannot i V exceed13 times the total number of vacancies detenninedby the Govt undersub rule 1 Rule 1349 relied upon by the readsas underl 1 1 1 w 1 1 Pooja 2014.07.01 10:20 True Copy of the Original PHHC, Chandigarh JOYTI RANI 2016.03.28 10:51 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document 54 1 1 4ra J K CWP No 1023of2011 m 1 14 The total numberof candidatesto be admittedto the main tn emmination shall not exceedthirteentimesthetotal numberof vacanciesdeterminedbythegovt undersuberule 13 It is contendedthat thereis no provisionunder 1 the rules or instructions which inter alia requires a reservedcategory candidatewho secures more marksthanthegeneral categorycandidateis to 4t 1 L be treatedas generalcategorycandidatefor purposes of shonlisting as l 0 prelude to main examination have hlrther relied 1 0 uponthe instructionsdated3012 1996 which prohibits conversion from C5 I one to another It is accordinglystated that the candidates are c required to be shortlistedup to thirteel139times the numberof vacancies Z 1 111their own categoryand no candidatecan beshiRedfrom one categoryto rr 1 e another includingfrom reserved to categoryfor purposesof 6 4 for main examination It is also the standof the 1 Z Statethat reservationis provided under the backward classes Zeservation 4 10 in Services Act 2006 and thereis no provision in the saidAct whereunder r 3 a reservedcategorycandidate who secures more marksthan the general Z Il can betreatedas general categorycandidate It is also the standof 1 the that thecandidateswho applied undera panicular category are requiredto appear in the maill examinationand viva voce test in the samecategoryin whichtheyhadapplied 9C The Stateof Punjabhas enactedthe PunjabScheduledCastes 1 and BackwardClasses Reservation in serviceslAct 2006 This Act is 1 to all bya directrecruitment by or by transfer Section4 provides thepercentage ofreservation for eachcategory A 4S 9 Pooja 2014.07.01 10:20 True Copy of the Original PHHC, Chandigarh JOYTI RANI 2016.03.28 10:51 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document r 55 h 1 164 1CWPNo1023of2011 10 4 1 andreadsas under 1 4 Percente of Reservationll While ma in service byany of the methodsprovided under anyService Rules resenlation shall be madefor themembersof theScheduledCastes 1 andBackwardClassesin theservicesunderall theestablishments 21 The percentageof reservation for filling up the tj m vacancles bydirect recniitment or bytransferin GroupA GroupB 0 GroupC and GroupD servtces shall be per cent for 1 0 SclleduledCastesandtwelveper centforBackwardClasses 1 0 31 The percentageof reservationfor filling up the I C5 vacanaes bypromotionbyScheduledCastes in GroupA and GroupB 1 I servicesshall befourteen per cent 41 Thepercetge of fllingup thevacancies Z nl 1 bypromotionby ScheduledCastes in GroupC and GroupD 1 servlces 1 shall betwentyper cent 1 00 Fper cent ofthe vacanciesof the quotaresenledfor ScheduledCastes in direct recruitment shall be 0Heredto Balmikis and C 1 Z Mazhbi Sikhs if available asa rst from amongstthe ScheduledCastes ClO 6 Reservationshall be byreserving vacancies mm bymeans of a runningroster as may be till thepercentageof Z reservationas specijiedin subesections I and are 0a 79 Reservationshall be applicable to vacancies to be filled 1 on ad hoc basis short tenn vacancies work charged establishmentdly wagestaffandthe on contract basis 81 Reservation shall also be to proforma and bytransfer Il 1 Section 7 deals with the deereservationof the reserved e vacanciesand readsas under rr Dewreservationofreserved vacancy 11Thereshall be no d 1 reservatlon of any resenled vacancy by any appointing authorityin any establishmentwhich is to be fllled up by direct recrunmt or by In case a qualifled or eligibleScheduledCastes or Backwwd ClnscPs rnndidntP nr thp rnsp mnw ho ir nnt nvnilnhlP tn Oll un surh et Pooja 2014.07.01 10:20 True Copy of the Original PHHC, Chandigarh JOYTI RANI 2016.03.28 10:51 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document 56 1 s1 1 CWP No1023of2011 11 J vacancyin thatsituation suchvacancy shallremain unjllled 1 21 anything containedin sulsection o9 l in the publicinterest it is deemednecessary to flll up any vacanl referredto in that submsectionthe appointing shall referthe vacancyto the of WelfweofScheduledCastes andBackward 1 Classesfor deereservation Uponsuch referencethe of Welfweof Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes may if it is satisfied that it is necessaryor so to do byorderin writingdeeserve the 0 vacancysubjectto theconditionthat thevacancy so deesenled shall be 9 0 carriedforward agait a unreservedvacancy 33 I Contention on behalf of thepetitioners is that the reservation r C5 I policyof the Stateis to beapplied in accordancewith the of the Z Reservation Act Govt Instructions issued from time to time and the l 2 1 judgement of the Honble ApexCourt In case as 1992 SuppleO1 L 1 1 I SCC 217 titled as Indra SawhneyVs Union of India the Honble t Supreme Court observedas under1 Z 1 81 1 In this connection it is well to rememberthat the ClO resenlations under Article 16 do not operatelike a cornmunal I7 resenlation It may well happenthat SOme members to say Z ScheduledCastesgetselected in the open on thebasisof tl their own merit7theywill not be counted againstthe quotareservedfor ScheduledCastesheywill be treatedas open candidates 73 In a ConstitutionBench in case ofRlC Sabharwal Vse State ofPunjab1995 21SCT 6460 The Honble Supreme C Court has furtherobservedas underl 1 rr When a percentageof reservation is 5xedin respectof a particular cadre and the roster indicates the reserve pointsit has to be taken that theposts shown at the reserve pointsare to be filledfrom 1 amongst the membersofreservecategories and the candidates belonging to lhe generalcategoryare not entitledto be consideredfor the reserve 1 posts On theotherhand the reserve categorycandidatescan compete 1 N1 4 Pooja 2014.07.01 10:20 True Copy of the Original PHHC, Chandigarh JOYTI RANI 2016.03.28 10:51 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document P 57 n 1 4 CWP No 1023of2011 12e for thenoneserve postsand in the event of their to thesaid t 356posts their number cannot be added andtakeninto 1 working out thepercentage Articlel49 oftheConstituon of India permitsthe State Government to makeany provisionfor the 1 1 reservation of or postsinfavourofanybackwardclassof Cltlzen which in theopinionoftheState is not ln the Services under the State It is incumbent on the State 1 f Governmentto reach a conclusion th the backwardclasslclassesfor which the reservation is n is not in the State k 0 0 Senlices While doingso the State Government may take the total I population of a particularbackwardclass and its in the C StateServices When the State Government afterdoingthe necessary I exerClSe rnakesthe resenlation and provides the extent ofpercentageof Z poststo be thesaid backwardclassthen thepercene has J4 to be followedstrictly The prescribed percentagecannot be varied or 1 changed simplybecausesome of the members ofthe backward class have 1 I alreadybeen againstthegeneral seats As mentioned L above the roster pointwhich is reserved for a backwardclass has to be Z 1 Jled byway of of thememberof thesaid class 13 No generalcategorycandidate Can be appointedagainsta slot in the roster which is the backwardclass Thefactthat coiderable w2 Z numberof membersof a backwardclass have been Clm againstgeneralseats in the StateServicesmay be a the State Governmentto review the question resenlationfor the e said class but so longas the instructionsIRulesprovidingcertmn percentage the backwardclassesare operae thesame have to be followed Despitany number of to the backwardclassesagainstthegeneral categorypoststhe i C givenpercentage has to beprovided in addition 13 Honble SupremeCourt againconsidered the questionof application ofthe reservationin case ofRitesh R Sah Vse Dre YLe Yamul reported as I l 16 1s I4 41541 1111 this 11t IIC 6 11 r ll 8 j017Pooja 2014.07.01 10:20 True Copy of the Original PHHC, Chandigarh JOYTI RANI 2016.03.28 10:51 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document 58 1 1 V4 1 1 CWP Noe 1023of2011 13 1 Vse State of Haryanaand others as 2010 51SCC 136 the 1 Honble SupremeCourt applying the principleof merit of the reserved category candidatesobservedas under1 1 ll II It was arguedbyMr Patwalia andin our opinionrightly 1 So thatif an eXeS8nllceman candidatescoredhighenough marksentitling 1r him to be selected in the Exmservicemen eneraocategory such 1 Ct cands oughtto be selected in the said categoryinsteadof 11i 0 themin theExeservicemenBC or BC 73 0 1 In case of Jitender Kumar Singhand another Vse State of I t5 UePeAnd others as 20131 SCC 119 Honble Supreme Court I wasagain the controversy whetherreservedcategorycandidate Z 1 5t can be selected againstthegeneral categoryposton more marks 0 thanthelast candidatein thegeneralcategoryIn para33 of the 6 I Honble Courtnoticed theissue involvedwhichreadsas underl C 1 Z rr 33 The core issue in thewrit petitions W0S with regardto 4t Iilling up the General Categorypostsby candidates to the 0 1 e veservedcategorycandidateson theirobtaining moremarksthanthelast mmo candidatein the General Category 3J Z C1 Thisquestion hasbeenansweredas under1 J 1 From the above it becomesquiteapparentthat the relaxation in age limit is merelyto enablewith the generalcategorycandidate all other thingsbeingequal The Statehas not treatedtherelaxationin age l andfee as relaxationin the selection basedon the merit ofthe candidatein theselectiontest ie Main Written Testfollowed byInterview 1 C Thereforesuch relaxationcannot drive a reservedcategorycandide of the rightto be consideredas a generalcategorycandidateon the basis of merit in the examination 33 l Based upon these leamed counsel appearing for 1 the petitioners have submittedthat reservedcategorycandidatescannotbe 1 putto positionEven bysecuring more marksthanthe 4 64 V4 Pooja 2014.07.01 10:20 True Copy of the Original PHHC, Chandigarh JOYTI RANI 2016.03.28 10:51 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document 59 4 1 CWP No 1023of2011 14 categorycandidatestheyhavebeen retainedin reservedcategory t 1 1 and thusdeprived the reservedcategorycandidatesnext in the merit of their rightof in the main examinationIt is 1e 1 that all thosereservedcategorycandidateswhohavequalified on the 1 basisof their own meritare to be treatedas general categorycandidatesfor m purposes of shortlistingallowingthe benefit of reservation to other reservedcategorycandidates who next in the merit in the relevant 1 0 are 1 1 0 It is contendedthatthebenefitof reservationis to be granted to I C5 the deprived classes of the societywho by virtue of their are 1 t unable to play a level game with others however by not treating the 1 Z meritorious reservedcategorycandidatesamongstthe generalcategory r 1 candidatesthe benefitof reservation does not to the deserving r 4 reservedcategorycandidates t3 Apartfrom above have also relied upon Govt 1 Z Cl1 Instructionsdated 101995 wherein following have been C1 m3 madel Z rr While calculatingthe percentageof reservation as Qm in Govt Instructionsfrom time to time the 1 on basis belongingto reserve will be thenumberofreserve worldng in theparticular cadre 31 These Govt Instructionshave alsobeen followed by another 1 t Govt Instructionsdated 3021996 whereby quantumof reservationfor BackwardClasses in the State Services has been ftxed This notification 81rtherprovidesthat wherethe regularnumberof ScheduledCastes Exv 1 servlceman candidatesare not availablethe earmarkedvacanciesfor this 1 would firstgo to ScheduledCastesand in case no Scheduled 4 Pooja 2014.07.01 10:20 True Copy of the Original PHHC, Chandigarh JOYTI RANI 2016.03.28 10:51 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document P 60 CWP No1023of2011 15e 1 Castes candidatesare available thesewill be givento the Exeserviceman t generallcategorycandidatesIt is argued thatenough number i of ScheduledCastes Exmservicemanbeingnot available the vacancies 1 4 would go to Scheduledcastes candidatesat the flrst instance and if 1 ScheduledCastescandidatesare a1s0not available then thesevacancieswill 1 go to categorycandidates 0 MrHC Arora one of the counsel appearing for thepetitioners 1a C 1 I has furtherarguedthatthe very objectof shiRingthemeritoriousreserved t5 category candidates to thegeneralcategorypoolis not to allow any benefit to any individual but to grantbenefitofreservationto a c1assofthe society 1 Z who has sufferedand 1S to be providedequal with the nonm 1 1 reservedcategories Z 6 The Stateon its parthas and the L2 Z contention of the Mr PuneetGuptaleamed Addl AG and 1 ClO Ms Anu Pal AAG Punjabwhile referring to the PunjabCivil Service auo Executive BranchClass49 Rules 1976havesubmittedthat Z examinationhasbeenconductedstrictlyin accordancewith themandateof tl the rules The rules envisage of the reservationpolicyat the l stageof examinationto the limitedextent Accordingto Mr Guptaevery reserved categorycandidate has been sufficientlyprovided to competefor main examinationand 13 times candidatesfrom 1 each reservedcategoryhave been shortlistedand declaredqualifiedfor 9G appeanng 111the main examination It is contended that the preliminary examinationper se lS not a process of selectionbut only a prelude to 1 1 initiation of selection process The shortlisting tluoughthe mode of 1 examinationis onlya examinationand the suict niles en 4e V4 Pooja 2014.07.01 10:20 True Copy of the Original PHHC, Chandigarh JOYTI RANI 2016.03.28 10:51 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document 1 P 61 1 3 1 r 4 t 1 v CWP No 1023of2011 L11 16 1 r of reservation haveno application at the stageof qualifying examination t The further contentionof the 1111w is that while providing benefitto 14 e the reserved the conceptof administrativeefflciency cannotbe 1 ll sacrificed A balanceis to be maintainedbetweenthe reservationand the administrative efflciency which is the hall of every service 414 W CC the administrativeservicesof a State which is consideredto be a premier 11 0 servlce Referringto the observationsmade ln Indra SawhneyRC 0