CWP No. 14980 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH CWP No. 14980 of 2011 Date of decision August 17, 2011 Nirmal Singh and others ....... Petitioners Versus State of Punjab and another ........Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K. KANNAN Present:- Mr. Vivek Sharma , Advocate for the petitioners. **** 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? K. Kannan, J (oral). 1. The claim in the writ petition is that the government should make a relaxation of age for recruitment to the post of Sub Inspectors in the same way as the government did while recruiting persons relating to ASI's posts. The determination of age or prescribing norms of age are essentially in the realm of execution policy which the Court will be loath to interfere. It will be no argument that the recruitment had not been done for several years and therefore there should be relaxation of age. The Supreme Court has underscored the principle in several cases that relaxation of age in matters of recruitment shall receive utmost strict consideration (see State of Orissa Vs. Prasapna Kumar Sahoo (2007)15 SCC 129). Courts shall not order age relaxation unless the recruitment rules themselves provide for it. No age relaxation would be sought for unless it would be a matter of legal right. In this case, there is CWP No. 14980 of 2011 2 no such right involved and I decline to interfere in the matter sought for in the writ petition. 2. The writ petition is dismissed. (K. KANNAN) JUDGE August 17, 2011 archana