IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.10418 of 2010 Date of Decision : May 28, 2010. Rimple Choudhary .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.R.K.Arora, 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 seeks a mandamus to direct the respondents to appoint him on the post of Science Mistress against a post reserved for Backward Class category, as per her selection merit points 73.80. It appears that the petitioner was duly selected and an appointment letter dated 10.12.2006 was issued to her. This fact is apparent from the memo dated 9.4.2010 (Annexure P-13) sent to the District Education Officer (S.E.), Gurdaspur, in response whereof, the District Education Officer (S.E.) vide his reply dated 21.4.2010 (Annexure P-14) has informed that no appointment letter of the petitioner was received in his office. It, thus, appears that the petitioner has been deprived of C.W.P.No .10418 of 2010 2 appointment without any fault on her part and might be due to mis- placement of the appointment letter. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of with a direction to respondent No.2 to issue a fresh appointment letter to the petitioner if she is entitled to such an appointment as per merit, within a period of one month from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. It is clarified that if the petitioner's claim is accepted and she is given appointment, her appointment shall relate back to the due date for the purpose of seniority and pay fixation though no arrears of pay shall be paid to her. Dasti. May 28, 2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE