CWP No.7832 of 2009 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No.7832 of 2009 Date of Decision: 20.11.2009 Ravinder ...Petitioner Vs. State of Haryana & Anr. ..Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Vinod K.Sharma Present: Mr.G.P.Singh, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr.Rajiv Kawatra, Sr.DAG, Haryana, for the respondents. --- Vinod K.Sharma,J. (Oral) The petitioner has invoked the jurisdiction of this court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking a writ of mandamus to the respondents to consider the petitioner eligible for the post of Assistant Lineman advertised vide Advertisement No.13/2007 by the Haryana Staff Selection Commission (respondent No.2). Respondent No.2 advertised 151 vacancies of Assistant Linemen. The qualification prescribed for the post was Matric with two years ITI Certificate in Electrician/Wiremen Trade or two years vocational CWP No.7832 of 2009 2 course under the trade of Lineman conducted by Director, ITI and Vocational Education Haryana. The Department did not find the petitioner eligible as he had done his course of electrician from the Board of School Education Haryana, whereas as per the advertisement only course undertaken under the Director ITI, Vocational Education was recognized. This action of the respondent was challenged on the ground that the course undertaken by the petitioner was basically a course of an electrician, and it is only due to different numenclature that he was not being considered eligible otherwise for all intents and purposes the qualification of the petitioner was equivalent to the one advertised for the post. It is stand of the petitioner that the Department of Industrial Training and Vocational Education has also changed the nomenclature of this course and now termed it as electrician MREDA, which also does not co-relate with the one advertised. It is also the stand of the petitioner that the Government of Haryana vide letter dated 15.5.2008 had equated the course undertaken by the petitioner with other identical courses run by ITI. On notice written statement was filed by respondent No.2. The claim of the petitioner was contested in the written statement, however, the learned Senior Deputy Advocate General Haryana on instructions from Balwan Singh, Assistant, Legal Cell, Haryana Staff Selection Commission states that the persons holding qualification as that of the petitioner have CWP No.7832 of 2009 3 already been held to be eligible to compete for the post of Assistant Lineman, and have been issued Roll numbers. Positive stand is also taken that the petitioner shall also be issued Roll number to compete for this post. In view of the stand of the respondents, this petition has been rendered infructuous and is disposed of accordingly. (Vinod K.Sharma) 20.11.2009 Judge rp