IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.21912 of 2011 DATE OF DECISION: November 30, 2011 Pargat Singh and others …..Petitioners versus State of Punjab and another .....Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr.Mohit Garg, Advocate for the petitioners .. RAJAN GUPTA, J.: (Oral) Petitioners have sought a writ in the nature of certiorari for quashing of advertisement dated 7.5.2011 (Annexure P-2) on the ground that selection pursuant to same is vitiated with a further prayer in the nature of mandamus to consider higher qualification acquired by petitioner no.1 after the cut off date for the purpose of assessing his merit. I have heard learned counsel for the petitioners. It appears that pursuant to advertisement issued for filling up 3442 posts of Teacher on contractual basis, petitioners applied. Prior to cut-off date petitioner no.1 had appeared for M.Ed. examination. The result of said examination was declared on 24.10.2011. According to averments made in the petition, higher qualification acquired by the petitioner was not considered by the selection committee. It is clear that petitioner did not possess qualification of M.Ed. before the last date for submission of application i.e. 30.5.2011. It is thus Civil Writ Petition No.21912 of 2011 - 2 - inexplicable how higher qualification acquired by the petitioner can be considered after said date. No ground is made out for interference in writ jurisdiction of this court. Dismissed. November 30, 2011 ( RAJAN GUPTA ) pc JUDGE 2