IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No.8234 of 2010 (O&M) Date of Decision : 21.02.2011 Ajit Singh ... Petitioner Versus State of Haryana and others ... Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MAHESH GROVER Present : Mr. Arun Yadav, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Harish Rathee, Sr. DAG, Haryana. *** MAHESH GROVER, J. (Oral) In the instant petition, the petitioner claims that he is qualified to be considered for the post of Assistant Public Relation Officer, for which posts were advertised vide advertisement No.8/2008. In this advertisement, prescribed qualification for the posts of Assistant Public Relation Officer is as under: (i)Graduate from a recognized University or its equivalent (ii)Diploma in Journalism from a recognized University/ Institute or its equivalent OR One year course from Indian Institute of Mass Communications. (iii) One year experience in a Publicity Organisation of a Union or State Government in a post of comparable responsibility. OR CWP No.8234 of 2010 (O&M) -2- One year experience as : (a) A whole time correspondent in a daily newspaper with a circulation of not less than 10,000 duly certified by Audit Bureau of Circulation. OR (b) An Editor or a Sub-Editor of a Weekly newspaper with a circulation of not less than 5000 duly certified by Audit Bureau of Circulation. OR (c) A whole time correspondent in a news agency. No honorary or part time experience shall be counted. (iv) Knowledge of Hindi/Sanskrit upto Martic standard. Against the prescribed qualification, the petitioner had the following qualifications: (i)B.A. From M.D.U., Rohtak (ii)M.A. In Hindi from Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra (iii)Post Graduate Diploma in Journalism and Mass Communication from Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra The petitioner acquired the Diploma in Journalism and Mass Communication on 09.04.2008 while the cut off date for determining the eligibility was 27.11.2008. He was thus, required to possess one year experience after acquiring the essential CWP No.8234 of 2010 (O&M) -3- qualification upto the cut off date. If the aforesaid criteria is to be applied, then, even if the petitioner had acquired the Diploma in Journalism and Mass Communication, he did not have one year experience as required, upto cut off date 27.11.2008. This Court, on 01.12.2010, adjourned the matter to enable the petitioner to show that he was qualified and eligible to be considered in view of the advertisement which prescribed the aforesaid qualifications. Counsel for the petitioner is unable to show or place any material on record thereafter from where it could be evident that he was eligible and qualified in all respects on the date when the consideration was to be made. There is no ground to interfere. The writ petition being without any merit is dismissed. February 21, 2011 (Mahesh Grover) sonia Judge