IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.8366 of 2010 Date of Decision : May 07, 2010. Harkanwal Singh .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and another .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Madan Gopal, Advocate, for the petitioner. -.- 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? --- Surya Kant, J. (Oral) This order shall dispose of Civil Writ Petition Nos.8366 and 8368 of 2010 as common questions of law and facts are involved in these cases. For brevity, the facts are being extracted from Civil Writ petition No.8366 of 2010. The petitioner is a candidate for the post of Art and Craft Teacher. He possesses the diploma course in Art and Craft from Universal College and Industrial Training Institute, Dhariwal, District Gurdaspur. His grievance is that though the minimum qualification prescribed for the post of Art and Craft Teacher under the Statutory Rules is diploma course possessed by him, however, the respondents have prepared a provisional C.W.P.No .8366 of 2010 2 merit list granting weightage to various candidates for the so called higher qualifications which are totally irrelevant for the post of Art and Craft Teacher. It is averred that some candidates have been given additional marks for the higher qualifications and thus, in the provisional merit list they have been placed above the petitioner. Having heard learned counsel for the petitioner, I am of the considered view that since a provisional list only has been prepared by the respondents, the writ petition, at this stage, is pre-mature. The same is accordingly disposed of with liberty to the petitioner to make a representation to respondent No.2 who shall then consider and dispose of the same in accordance with law/Rules and the Government Policy. The needful shall be done by respondent No.2 within a period of two weeks from the date of receiving the representation from the petitioner. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. May 07, 2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE