C.W.P. No.15750 of 2011 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH C.W.P. No.15750 of 2011 Date of Decision.26.08.2011 Amar Singh son of Shri Raj Karan r/o VPO Kadma, Tehsil Charkhi Dadri, District Bhiwani, Haryana .....Petitioner Versus Union of India through Secretary, Ministry of Defence, South Block, New Delhi and others .....Respondents Present: Mr. S.S. Momi, Advocate for the petitioner. CORAM:HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K. KANNAN 1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment ? No 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not ? No 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? No -.- K. KANNAN J.(ORAL) 1. Learned counsel for the petitioner states that he will give up the Oil Company, which is arrayed as 3rd respondent. The same is recorded and the 3rd respondent is given up. I still proceed to pass an order, for, in my view, the relief which the petitioner is asking for, is not possible in the manner it is sought for. 2. It is a case where the petitioner had responded to an advertisement for a distributorship for LPG outlet. He was making a claim under reserved category as a dependent of an Ex-Serviceman. The last date of filing the application was 30.03.2011. The petitioner, while applying, had not submitted the eligibility certificate by the requisite authority and therefore, a communication was sent by the Oil Company stating that the candidature of the petitioner had not been found to be eligible. This communication was issued on 03.08.2011 and it also made C.W.P. No.15750 of 2011 -2- reference to the fact that he could make a representation before 24.08.2011 at their office and no further representation will be entertained after this particular date. The petitioner approached the Directorate of Resettlement for issuance of an eligibility certificate by referring to this letter dated 03.08.2011. The Directorate refused to issue the eligibility certificate on the ground that last date had already expired. 3. The petitioner would understand the communication of the oil company on 03.08.2011 stating that he was at liberty to give a representation by 24.08.2011 as constituting an extension of time for filing the eligibility certificate. Such a reading simply does not fit with the tenor of the letter, which has been issued by the oil company to the petitioner. In my view, if the certificate were to be merely a certificate showing that he was dependent of an Ex-Serviceman, there cannot be a bar to issuance of such a certificate if he fulfills all the requisite norms. Even without serving a notice to the respondents, I will find no difficulty in issuing such a direction to the respondents, for, it does not require any adjudicatory exercise but merely a verification and certification of his particular status. On the other hand, if the certificate were to be understood as making him eligible for being considered for setting up a LPG outlet, it cannot avail to the petitioner's benefit for the advertisement which was issued and for which the last date has already expired. The oil company has also informed that it was not possible to consider him as eligible since a certificate has not been attached along with the application. 3. The petitioner is at liberty to make a representation to the 2nd C.W.P. No.15750 of 2011 -3- respondent setting out these orders and secure to himself such eligibility certificate as he wants describing his particular status as a dependent of an Ex-Serviceman. 4. The writ petition is disposed of. (K. KANNAN) JUDGE August 26, 2011 Pankaj*