LPA No. 1643 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. LPA No. 1643 of 2011 (O&M) Date of decision 7.9.2011 Vijender Kumar . Appellant Versus State of Haryana and others .. Respondents. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.M. KUMAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE GURDEV SINGH Present: Mr. Jasbir Mor, Advocate for the appellant 1. To be referred to the Reporter or not ? 2. Whether the judgement should be reported in the Digest ? M.M.KUMAR, J. 1. The instant appeal filed under Clause X of the Letters Patent preferred by the writ petitioner-appellant is directed against judgement dated 13.7.2011 rendered by the learned Single Judge holding that the writ petitioner-appellant would not be eligible to apply for appointment to the post of Lecturer (School Cadre). According to the initial advertisement issued by the Haryana Public Service Commission, the petitioner was required to possess M.A.M.Sc. Math/ Mathematics degree with atleast 50 percent marks from recognized university, certificate of having qualified School Teacher's, Certificate of having qualified School's Eligibility Test (STET) and Matriculation with Hindi/ Sanskrit. The last date for filing of application was 17.7.2009. However, in order to make those persons who have passed STAT examination in December, 2009 a corrigendum (P.2) was issued to make them eligible to apply. They were given an opportunity to apply for the said post and their eligibility with regard to age was to be determined with reference to 1.4.2010 and the last date of submission of application was extended upto 31.5.2010. The claim of the writ petitioner- appellant is that detailed marks card has been issued by the Institute of Advance Studies Education, University, Gandhi Vidya Mandir, Sardarshahi, Rajasthan on 24.6.2009 and he has appeared in STAT examination in December, 2009. His application has been rejected on the ground that he did not possess the requisite qualification as per advertisement. It is conceded LPA No. 1643 of 2011 2 by the writ petitioner- appellant in his representation dated 25.4.2011 that his M.Sc. (Final year) result was declared on 15.5.2010 and marks sheet was not available. The petitioner cannot be considered eligible because he did not have the M.Sc. (Mathematics) degree on the closing date to apply i.e. 17.7.2009. Admittedly his result was declared in May, 2010 and even the detailed marks card for M.Sc. (2nd year) (P.7) was issued on 9.7.2010 which is even beyond the last date of application as extended by the corrigendum (P.2). 2. We have heard learned counsel at a considerable length. 3. Having heard the learned counsel, we are of the considered view that neither on the date given in the initial advertisement i.e. 17.7.2009 nor on the extended date i.e. 31.5.2010, the petitioner- appellant could be considered eligible as he did not have M.Sc. (2nd year) certificate which has admittedly been issued to him on 9.7.2010 (P.7). There is thus no merit in the appeal and the same does not warrant admission. The view of the learned Single Judge does not suffer from any legal infirmity warranting interference and the same is upheld. Dismissed. (M.M.Kumar) Judge (Gurdev Singh) 7 .9.2011 Judge okg