CWP No. 1284 of 2008 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. CWP No. 1284 of 2008 Date of decision: September 17, 2008 Ajwant Singh --- Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others ---- Respondents CORAM: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ashutosh Mohunta Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajan Gupta Present: Mr. Vipin Mahajan, Advocate, for the petitioner. Ms. Charu Tuli, Sr. DAG, Punjab Ashutosh Mohunta, J. The petitioner prays for issuance of directions to the respondents to appoint him as Art & Craft Teacher in view f the fact that he has got higher merit than the last selected candidate in the category of Ex-Servicemen ( Dependent) General Category. Reply has been filed on behalf of respondent No.2, in para 2 of which it has been stated as under: “That the petitioner's merit is 140.09 and the last selected candidate's merit is 135.96 in ESM (D) category and the cut of merit of the category is 121.47. It is submitted that the petitioner could not be selected in spite of his higher merit than the last selected candidate. There is nothing on record CWP No. 1284 of 2008 2 to arrive at a conclusion that as to why the petitioner could not be selected. However, it appears that this has inadvertently happened due to over sight. It is submitted here that the Govt. has constituted a selection committee to deal all such cases vide notification dated 19-5-2008 ( annexure R-1). The petitioner's case will also be reconsidered by the selection Committee for his appointment”. A perusal of para 2 shows that the case of the petitioner is under consideration of a Committee appointed by the State Government. After hearing counsel for the parties, we dispose of the writ petition with a direction to the selection Committee constituted by the State Government to decide the case of the petitioner within three months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order. [Ashutosh Mohunta] Judge [Rajan Gupta] Judge September 17, 2008 `ask'