Civil Writ Petition No. 10067 of 2011 -1- IN THE PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No. 10067 of 2011 Date of Decision : 1.6.2011 Aasif Shakeel .......... Petitioner Versus State of Punjab & others ...... Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH Present : Mr. G.N. Malik, Advocate for the petitioner. **** AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH, J. (ORAL) It is the contention of the counsel for the petitioner that initially an advertisement dated 12.1.2010 was published by the respondents inviting applications for filling up 32 posts of Urdu Teachers (Primary). Thereafter another advertisement dated 2.7.2010 was issued wherein the required qualification and criteria for selection was changed. In response to the second advertisement the petitioner submitted an application for appointment to the post of Urdu Teacher (Primary). As per the criteria laid down, the petitioner was granted 126.33 marks, whereas the petitioner claimed that he was entitled to 127.46 marks. However, he contends that even if it is taken that he had secured 126.33 marks, the petitioner had a prior right for appointment on the post of Urdu Teacher (Primary) as the candidates who have been selected by the respondents and issued Civil Writ Petition No. 10067 of 2011 -2- appointment letters scored lower marks than the petitioner in the selection. Reference in this regard has been made to Feroz Jahan, Reshma, Asif Ali, Shehnaz Akhtar, Mudasar Nayem, Javed Shafiq, some of them are not eligible for appointment, have been issued appointment letters. It is the contention of the counsel for the petitioner that projecting his grouse as in the present writ petition, the petitioner has already submitted a representation dated 21.5.2011 (Annexure P-3) to the Director, Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan Authority, Chandigarh-respondent No.2. He further states that some time bound direction may be issued to the respondent to consider the same and pass a speaking order thereon. If that be so, without going into the merits of the case or commenting thereon, the present writ petition is disposed of with directions to the Director, Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan Authority, Chandigarh-respondent No.2 to consider the representation dated 21.5.2011 (Annexure P-3) of the petitioner, within a period of two weeks from the date of receipt of certified copy of this order. The speaking order so passed on the representation be conveyed to the petitioner forthwith. In case, the petitioner is held entitled to the appointment to the post of Urdu Teacher (Primary), the needful be done within a further period of one week. 1.6.2011 (AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH) 'sp' JUDGE