LPA No. 1718 of 2011 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH LPA No. 1718 of 2011 Date of decision:- 15.09.2011 Krishan ...Appellant Versus State of Haryana and others ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PERMOD KOHLI HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE RITU BAHRI Present:- Mr. Jagbir Malik, Advocate for the appellant. PERMOD KOHLI J.(Oral) This Letters Patent Appeal has been directed against the impugned judgment and order dated 16.11.2010 passed by learned Single Judge whereby the writ petition filed by the appellant has been dismissed. LPA No. 1718 of 2011 -2- Petitioner, who applied for the post of Civil Judge (Junior Division) approached this Court seeking direction that the viva-voce test should not be conducted in English and he may be allowed to answer in Hindi, same being National language and official language in the State of Haryana. Other plea raised was that 50% minimum qualifying marks fixed for the ex-servicemen category is violative of Article 14 of the Constitution of India as less than 50% qualifying marks are fixed for SC and ST Categories. It was further contended that for the Scheduled Caste and Backward Class Category the qualifying marks are 45%. We have perused the judgment impugned. We fail to understand the basis for such a plea raised by the petitioner when admittedly the Court language in State of Haryana is English. On the question of qualifying marks for reservation for ex-servicemen, suffice it to so such reservation is not constitutional reservation and cannot be treated at par with Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. There is absolutely no merits in this petition, which is liable to be dismissed with heavy cost. However, Mr. Malik, Advocate has fairly conceded that there was nothing much substantial in the appeal, we refrain from imposing cost. Dismissed. ( PERMOD KOHLI ) JUDGE September 15, 2011 ( RITU BAHRI ) Vijay Asija JUDGE