IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.8245 of 2010 Date of Decision : October 05, 2010. Rural Health Pharmacist Association .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.D.K.Kaushal, Advocate, for the petitioner. -.- 1. Whether Reporters of Local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? --- Surya Kant, J. (Oral) The petitioner-Association claims itself to be the `representative' of all the Pharmacists in the State of Punjab. It seeks quashing of appointment of respondent Nos.24 to 43 as Pharmacists as according to the petitioner-association, they do not possess the requisite qualifications to perform the duties of Pharmacists. On a perusal of the record, it is apparent that respondent Nos.24 to 43 were appointed as Auxiliary Nursing Midwifery, General Nursing Midwifery and Multi Purpose Health Workers at different Subsidiary Health Centres in the State of Punjab. As per the appointment letters on record, none of them have been appointed as `Pharmacists'. That being so, the appointment of the above mentioned respondents cannot be C.W.P.No .8245 of 2010 2 set-aside merely on the allegations made by the petitioner-association that they also work as 'Pharmacists'. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed. However, the petitioner-association or any Pharmacist shall be at liberty to approach the appropriate forum with specific material and instance in respect of an individual performing the duties of Pharmacist in violation of the `qualification' and `eligibility conditions' laid down in the Pharmacy Act, if so advised. Dasti. October 05, 2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE