IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.6016 of 2008 Date of Decision: 10.4.2008 Jai Kumar Petitioner Versus State of Haryana and others Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASBIR SINGH HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K.C.PURI Present: Shri Dheeraj Bali, Advocate for Shri Ashish Aggarwal, Advocate for the petitioner Jasbir Singh, J. (Oral) By filing this writ petition petitioner prays that a writ of certiorari be issued to quash order dated 24.4.2007 (P/4), vide which, his representation, laying challenge to the selection of respondent No.4, as a guest faculty teacher, was rejected. Admittedly, the petitioner and respondent No.4 were the candidates for the above said post. As is apparent from the document Annexure P/4, his application was considered and rejected. For the post of guest faculty teacher, in the subject of Hindi, following is the requisite qualification:- “1. Matric from Haryana School Education Board or an equivalent qualification recognized by Haryana School Education Board. 2. Prabhakar/ B.A. (Hons.Hindi) from a Recognized University. Civil Writ Petition No.6016 of 2008 3. LTC/ O.T. in Hindi conducted by Haryana Education Department or an equivalent qualification recognized by Haryana Education Department. Or B.A. Hons. In Hindi with B.T./ B.Ed. with Hindi as Teaching subject from a recognized University. Note: In case the candidate of above qualification are not available then B.A. with Hindi as an elective subject with B.T./ B.Ed. with Hindi teaching subject from a recognized University shall be considered. 4. Knowledge of Hindi upto the Matric Standard.” The petitioner possesses the qualification of B.Com. and B.Ed. He does not possess the qualification of B.A. with Hons. in the subject of Hindi. In view of this, he was not eligible for the post and accordingly his candidature was rightly rejected. Dismissed. (Jasbir Singh) Judge April 10, 2008 (K.C. Puri) gk Judge 2