IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH Date of Decision: December 13, 2010 1. Civil Writ Petition No.19739 of 2010 Lakhvir Singh .....PETITIONER(S) VERSUS Punjab Public Service Commission & another .....RESPONDENT(S) . . . 2. Civil Writ Petition No.19751 of 2010 Ruchi Aggarwal .....PETITIONER(S) VERSUS Punjab Public Service Commission .....RESPONDENT(S) . . . 3. Civil Writ Petition No.20214 of 2010 Supnandan Deep Uppal .....PETITIONER(S) VERSUS State of Punjab & others .....RESPONDENT(S) . . . CWP No.19739 of 2010 [2] 4. Civil Writ Petition No.20341 of 2010 Agya Pal Singh .....PETITIONER(S) VERSUS State of Punjab & others .....RESPONDENT(S) . . . 5. Civil Writ Petition No.20682 of 2010 Amritpal Singh .....PETITIONER(S) VERSUS State of Punjab & others .....RESPONDENT(S) . . . 6. Civil Writ Petition No.20991 of 2010 Saravjeet Kaur .....PETITIONER(S) VERSUS Punjab Public Service Commission .....RESPONDENT(S) . . . CWP No.19739 of 2010 [3] 7. Civil Writ Petition No.21059 of 2010 Jagsir Singh .....PETITIONER(S) VERSUS State of Punjab & others .....RESPONDENT(S) . . . 8. Civil Writ Petition No.21181 of 2010 Ankit Jindal .....PETITIONER(S) VERSUS Punjab Public Service Commission .....RESPONDENT(S) . . . 9. Civil Writ Petition No.21280 of 2010 Divya Ghai .....PETITIONER(S) VERSUS State of Punjab & another .....RESPONDENT(S) . . . CWP No.19739 of 2010 [4] 10. Civil Writ Petition No.21330 of 2010 Sukhwinder Singh .....PETITIONER(S) VERSUS State of Punjab & another .....RESPONDENT(S) . . . 11. Civil Writ Petition No.21366 of 2010 Charandeep Singh .....PETITIONER(S) VERSUS State of Punjab & another .....RESPONDENT(S) . . . 12. Civil Writ Petition No.21600 of 2010 Gurtej Singh .....PETITIONER(S) VERSUS Punjab Public Service Commission & another .....RESPONDENT(S) . . . CWP No.19739 of 2010 [5] CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA PRESENT: - Ms. G.K. Mann, Mr. Sandeep Arora, Mr. Puneet Sharma, Mr. S.S. Khaira, Mr. B.S. Sewak, Mr. S.S. Chauhan, Mr. Amit Jaiswal, Mr. R.N. Raina, with Mr. Daman Dhir, Mr. J.S. Bhatia, Mr. Saurav Khurana and Mr. A.P. Kaushal, Advocates, for the petitioner(s). Ms. Charu Tuli, Senior Deputy Advocate General, Punjab, for the respondents. . . . AJAI LAMBA, J (Oral) 1. This order shall dispose of a bunch of writ petitions viz. CWP No.19739 of 2010 ‘Lakhvir Singh vs. Punjab Public Service Commission & another’; CWP No.19751 of 2010 ‘Ruchi Aggarwal vs. Punjab Public Service Commission’; CWP No.20214 of 2010 ‘Supnandan Deep Uppal vs. State of Punjab & others’; CWP No.20341 of 2010 ‘Agya Pal Singh vs. State of Punjab & others’; CWP No.20682 of 2010 ‘Amritpal Singh vs. State of Punjab & others’; CWP No.20991 of 2010 ‘Saravjeet Kaur vs. Punjab Public Service Commission’; CWP No.21059 of 2010 ‘Jagsir Singh vs. State of Punjab & others’; CWP No.21181 of 2010 ‘Ankit Jindal vs. Punjab Public Service Commission’; CWP No.21280 of 2010 ‘Divya CWP No.19739 of 2010 [6] Ghai vs. State of Punjab & another’; CWP No.21330 of 2010 ‘Sukhwinder Singh vs. State of Punjab & another’; CWP No.21366 of 2010 ‘Charandeep Singh vs. State of Punjab & another’; and CWP No.21600 of 2010 ‘Gurtej Singh vs. Punjab Public Service Commission & another’ as they involve common questions of law and facts. 2. The petitioners in all these writ petitions, applied for Punjab Civil Services Combined Competitive Preliminary Examination, 2009. After considering the Application Forms of the petitioners, the respondents have shown the petitioners as ineligible in a list published by the respondents. 3. By way of filing the writ petitions, the petitioners claim that the error committed in filling up the Application Forms is hyper-technical and does not go to the root of the matter and therefore, it needs to be corrected, particularly, in view of public notice issued by respondent-Punjab Public Service Commission inviting objections/ representations from persons who have been shown as ineligible to take Punjab Civil Services Combined Competitive Preliminary Examination, 2009. 4. It has further been contended that the petitioners filed objections/ representations in response to the public notice within the time CWP No.19739 of 2010 [7] stipulated i.e. on or before 31.8.2010. 5. Learned counsel for the respondent- State, on instructions from Mr. I.S. Sandhu, Controller of Examinations, Punjab Public Service Commission, Patiala, states that the cases of the petitioners have been considered. The nature of errors committed by the petitioners being only minor/ clerical, and relatively inconsequential, the petitioners are being allowed to take Punjab Civil Services Combined Competitive Preliminary Examination, 2009, scheduled to be conducted on 19.12.2010. In this view of the matter, the petitions have been rendered infructuous. 6. In view of the statement given on behalf of the respondents, the petitions are disposed of as having been rendered infructuous. (AJAI LAMBA) December 13, 2010 JUDGE avin 1. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 2. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest?