Civil Writ Petition No.20523 of 2010 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.20523 of 2010 Date of decision:-12.7.2011 Prem Singh ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE RITU BAHRI Present:- Mr. Arvind Thakur, Advocate for the petitioner. Ms. Anu Pal, AAG Punjab. Mr. Pardeep Sharma, Advocate for respondent No.3. RITU BAHRI J. Civil Writ Petition No.20523 of 2010 -2- Applications were invited to fill up 50 vacancies of Junior Draftsman (Civil and Mechanical) vide advertisement dated 04.12.2009. Thirteen seats were reserved for Scheduled Caste candidates. The petitioner belongs to (M & Balmiki) Caste. He appeared for the written test. Vide notice dated 14.5.2010 all successful candidates were called for interview on 19.5.2010 in the office of Chief Engineer, DWSS, Punjab at Patiala. The petitioner was called for interview vide order dated 18.6.2010 to appear before the Section Committee on 23.6.2010. The petitioner was placed at serial No.25 having 36 marks. The position in the scheduled Caste (M & B) category was at Sr. No.4. The grievance of the petitioner is that the last candidate selected is having 35 marks and the petitioner should have been appointed having 36 marks. An application was made by Major Singh son of Kirpal Singh that he has not been issued appointment letter despite the fact that he has got 41 marks. In the reply filed by the Chief Engineer (Central), Punjab, Department of Water Supply & Sanitation, Patiala, it has been specifically mentioned that no interview was conducted of any candidate on the basis of performance in the written test. The candidates were invited on 19.5.2010 to get their original certificates checked/verified from the Committee constituted for this purpose. In the application filed by Major Singh, it was stated that he did not receive the information regarding checking of original certificates through postal service. He could not get the information through website of C-DAC, Mohali and newspapers as these services were not available in his village. Thus, in order to ensure natural justice all the candidates were called again to get their original certificates checked by the Committee. The merit for selection is purely on the basis of marks obtained by the candidates in written test. The checking of certificates was only to verify the authenticity of the documents submitted with the application form. Civil Writ Petition No.20523 of 2010 -3- Respondent No.3-Deepak Kukkar son of Harish Chander, Roll No.8000254, whose date of birth is 09.7.1980 obtained 36 marks in the written test. The petitioner Shri Prem Singh, whose date of birth is 10.09.1984 has also obtained 36 marks in the written test. While preparing the merit, respondent No.3 being older in age has been adjudged senior. As per Rule 8(d) of the Punjab Civil Services (General and Common Condition) Rules 1994 respondent No.3 has rightly been kept in the merit list. No merits. Dismissed. 12.7.2011 ( RITU BAHRI ) Vijay Asija JUDGE