Civil Writ Petition No. 3946 of 2011 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No. 3946 of 2011 Date of decision:-02.08.2011 Saruchi ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and another ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE RITU BAHRI Present:- Ms. Sukhpreet Kaur, Advocate for Mr. Amrik Singh Kalra, Advocate for the petitioner. Ms. Anu Pal, AAG Punjab. RITU BAHRI J.(Oral) This writ petition under Article 226/227 of the Constitution of India for issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus directing the respondent No.2 to get the papers of the petitioner re-evaluated for the post of Homeopathic Dispenser by deleting the negative marking and declare the result of the petitioner afresh. The petitioner had applied for the post of Homeopathic Dispenser on contractual basis vide advertisement dated 04.11.2010 (Annexure P-5). He appeared in the written examination on 19.12.2010 with roll No.80214. After the result was released on the website the petitioner was not successful. Grievance of the petitioner is that there was negative marking in the written test. It was not mentioned at the time of advertisement. In the reply filed by the Additional Secretary Health-cum-Head of the Homeopathic Department, Punjab reference has been made to the Civil Writ Petition No. 3946 of 2011 -2- instructions mentioned in the test paper of the candidate (Annexure R-1). As per condition No.3 of the test paper it is mentioned “Objective questions (100) carrying 1 mark for each correct answer. Candidate will be awarded 1 mark for each correct answer and 0.25 (¼) mark will be deducted for each incorrect answer.” In view of the written statement filed the writ petition is dismissed. August 02, 2011 ( RITU BAHRI ) Vijay Asija JUDGE