CIVIL WRIT PETITION NO. 16176 OF 2005 -1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. DATE OF DECISION: February 28, 2008 Parties Name Gurmit Singh and others ..PETITIONERS VERSUS State of Haryana and others ...RESPONDENTS CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASBIR SINGH HON'BLE MR JUSTICE JASWANT SINGH PRESENT: None for the petitioners. Mr. Harish Rathee, Sr. D.A.G., Haryana, for the respondents. JASBIR SINGH, J. (oral) Order. Vide advertisement Annexures P-1 and P-2, State of Haryana invited applications, to fill up posts of Lecturers, Masters, Teachers etc. on contract basis for a limited period. Petitioners, among others, were the applicants. Vide a corrigendum dated August 11, 2005, State of Haryana notified that 50% posts, of the posts already advertised, would be filled up from youth of rural areas. By filing this writ petition, petitioner is claiming benefit of above said reservation. Shri Rathee has brought to our notice that a Division Bench of this Court in C.W.P. No. 13887 of 2006 (Mahender Kumar and others v. State of Haryana), decided on February 27, 2008, has quashed reservation of 50% posts for rural youth. CIVIL WRIT PETITION NO. 16176 OF 2005 -2 In view of ratio of the judgment, referred to above, this writ petition is also disposed of in the same terms as in the above said case. ( Jasbir Singh ) Judge ( Jaswant Singh) February 28, 2008. Judge DKC