IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.298 of 2011 Date of Decision : January 07, 2011. Mandeep Kumar .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Dinesh Kumar, 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 applied for the post of Math Master pursuant to an advertisement issued by the Department of School Education in the year 2008 and was placed at Sr.No.168 in the merit list (Annexure P-1). It appears that the petitioner could not be given appointment as about 15 candidates who were in the waiting list of the selection panel prepared prior to the year 2008, were given appointments. The petitioner's further grievance is that in stead of filling up the subsequent vacancies out of the merit list prepared in the year 2008 in which his name also figures, the respondents have issued a fresh advertisement (Annexure P-3). Having heard learned counsel for the petitioner at some length and if it were true that the petitioner has been denied appointment as Math C.W.P.No .298 of 2011 2 Master only because some wait-listed candidates out of the selection panel of pre-2008 have been given appointments at the belated stage, the respondents are obligated to consider the petitioner's claim also for his appointment before filling up the available vacancies through a fresh selection process. However, in the absence of the complete records and without hearing the respondents, it would not be expedient for this Court to give a final view in this regard. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of with a direction to respondent No.3 to consider and dispose of the petitioner's claim for appointment as Math Master on the basis of his placement in the merit list of the year 2008, within a period of two months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Till then, one post of Math Master shall be kept vacant to protect the interest of the petitioner. Dasti. January 07, 2011 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE