IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH SHIMLA C.W.P. No. 719 of 2007 Date of decision: 20. 7. 2009 Smt. Hira Devi Thakur …..Petitioner Versus State of H.P. and others ……Respondent Coram: The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Deepak Gupta, J. The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Surinder Singh, J. Whether approved for reporting ?1 . no For the Petitioner: Mr. Dalip Sharma, Advocate. For the respondent : Mr. R.M. Bisht, Dy. Advocate General, with Mr. Vikas Rathore,and Mr. Rajesh Mandhotra Dy. Advocate General, for respondent Nos. 1 to 4. Mr. B.N. Gupta, Advocate, for respondent Nos. 5 to 7. Deepak Gupta, J (Oral). By means of this writ petition, the petitioner has laid challenge to the selection of respondent No. 7 as T.G.T. (Arts) in Government Middle School Soyal, Tehsil and District Kullu, on P.T.A. basis. According to the petitioner, she had also applied for the said post on 10th October, 2006 but she has not been selected. Her claim is that in fact, no interviews were held and respondent No. 7 has been issued the appointment 1 Whether the reporters of Local Papers may be allowed to see the judgment ?. yes - 2 - letter in an arbitrary manner. The petitioner has placed on record letter Annexure P-1 according to which, she had applied. We find that this letter is addressed to the Head Teacher, High School Kais. Admittedly, the post was advertised by the Parents Teacher Association of Government Middle School Soyal. There is no application of the petitioner addressed to the Parents Teacher Association. The stand of the respondents is that only one application, that of respondent No. 7 was received in response to the public notice issued and since respondent No. 7, was sole applicant, he was duly selected and appointed. In view of the fact that the petitioner has failed to place any material on record which could evidence the factum of her having applied for the post, no relief can be granted to her. The petition is accordingly rejected. (Deepak Gupta),J. July 20, 2009 (Surinder Singh),J (cm)