IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.16048 of 2011 Date of Decision: August 30, 2011 Sarjit Singh ...Petitioner Versus State of Haryana & another ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RANJIT SINGH 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? Present: Mr.Rakesh Nagpal, Advocate, for the petitioner. ***** RANJIT SINGH, J. In response to an advertisement issued on 18.6.2009 inviting applications for 1317 posts of Lecturers (School Cadre), HES II, by Haryana Education Department, the petitioner submitted his application on 17.7.2009. The petitioner has passed M.Com. from the University of Bikaner and claimed that all the subjects which he studied are equivalent to the subject of M.A.(Economics) Previous and Final, which, he has reproduced in the writ petition. The petitioner was issued a notice asking him to file reply whether he has a requisite qualification of M.A. in Economics or not. The petitioner responded that he is fully eligible for the post of Lecturer in Economics. The petitioner challenged this notice by filing CWP No.8443 of 2011, which was dismissed as withdrawn with liberty to file a fresh one. The petitioner thereafter filed a representation pointing out that Kendriya Vidhlaya Sanghtan and Navodhya Vidhyala, autonomous bodies of the Government of India, had issued advertisement by which the eligibility for the post has been given to Civil Writ Petition No.16048 of 2011 :2: those having qualification of Economics/Applied Economics/Business Economics. On this basis, the petitioner claims that he would be fully eligible with this qualification of M.Com for the post of Lecturer in Economics. The respondents, however, have rejected the representation of the petitioner on 31.5.2011 and so the petitioner has filed the present writ petition. In the order rejecting the representation of the petitioner, it is clearly stated that the petitioner does not possess the Master Degree in the relevant subject with 50% marks before closing date as per advertisement. I have perused the advertisement. The qualifications advertised are Postgraduation of the relevant subject. It would not be within the jurisdiction of this court to see whether M.A. Economics would be equivalent to M.Com. or vice-versa. The requirement of particular post of Lecturer and the requisite qualifications are within the purview of the organisation, which has to take work. The ratio that the equivalence of the degree cannot be done by the courts was considered by a Division Bench of this court in Babita Rani Vs. State of Haryana, 2002(2) SCT 1029, where it is held that it is not for the courts to determine the equivalence of qualifications. This proposition of law is very well settled. I am, therefore, not inclined to interfere in exercise of writ jurisdiction. Dismissed. August 30, 2011 ( RANJIT SINGH ) ramesh JUDGE