CWP No.23064 of 2010 (O&M) 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No.23064 of 2010 (O&M) Decided on :18-04-2011 Rajesh Mehra ....Petitioner VERSUS Haryana Public Service Commission ....Respondent CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MAHESH GROVER Present:- Mr. Naveen Daryal, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. H.N.Mehtani, Advocate for the respondent MAHESH GROVER, J Learned counsel for the petitioner states that he has no instructions. On 10.1.2011 this Court had noticed the contention raised by the learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner had an apprehension that his marks have been allotted on the basis of the answer book which does not belong to him. He further projected before this Court that the petitioner was saying so with some responsibility and prayed for indulgence of this Court to summon the said answer books to allay his apprehensions. The Court was not entirely convinced with the prayer made before it and therefore directed the issuance of notice of motion subject to the payment of Rs.25,000/- to test the bona fides of the petitioner. The respondent - HPSC was directed to produce the answer books of the petitioner in the subjects of law and public administration in a sealed cover and the petitioner was also directed to remain present in Court on the date CWP No.23064 of 2010 (O&M) 2 fixed i.e today. Today, learned counsel for the petitioner has expressed lack of instructions. An amount of Rs.25,000/- has also not been deposited. It is thus clear that bona fides of the petitioner are seriously in doubt. Even if the said amount has not been deposited, the petitioner should have remained present in Court as the order required of him to be present on the date of hearing. This only demonstrates that the petitioner has taken undue liberty with the court by projecting a contention which was without any basis and his conduct further demonstrates complete lack of sincerity. This has resulted in acute loss of time of the Court which takes a serious view of the conduct of the petitioner. No person can be permitted to take the undue liberty with the Court by projecting a frivolous plea without any substance. The Court was only swayed by the fact that the petitioner was an aspirant for a post of Haryana Civil Service Executive Branch and just to dispel his apprehensions and to enhance the confidence of the selection process that notice of motion was issued. The petitioner having abandoned his pleading even without coming to the Court to express his situation cannot be excused for such a lapse. The petition is, therefore, dismissed with costs of Rs.25,000/- which shall be recovered from the petitioner. April 18, 2011 (Mahesh Grover) rekha Judge