C.W.P.No.10701 of 2010 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH C.W.P.No.10701 of 2010 Date of Decision:- 28.05.2010 Anil Kumar ....Petitioner(s) vs. Union of India and another ....Respondent(s) *** CORAM:- HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH *** Present:- Mr.Balraj Gujjar, Advocate, for the petitioner. *** AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH, J. (Oral) Prayer in the present writ petition is for quashing of the reply dated 6.3.2010 (Annexure P-5) to the legal notice dated 28.1.2010 (Annexure P-4) served on the respondents wherein the claim of the petitioner was objected to by the respondents on the ground that the petitioner had failed to produce any certificate showing his participation in sports in 2006, 2007 and 2008. Counsel for the petitioner contends that the petitioner had participated in the XXIII Haryana State Games organized by the Haryana Olympic Association which was held at Rohtak on 21-24-11-2009, for which certificate dated 24.11.2009 (Annexure P-3) was issued to him and, therefore, he contends that the candidature of the petitioner has been wrongly rejected by the respondents. He contends that apart from this, the petitioner had participated in the State as well as the national events in the C.W.P.No.10701 of 2010 -2- year 2004-2005. He, on this basis, contends that the impugned order dated 6.3.2010 (Annexure P-5) deserves to be set aside. I have heard counsel for the petitioner and have gone through the records of the case. The eligibility criteria, as per the advertisement dated 6.3.2009 (Annexure P-1) for the post of Constable (General Duty) in the Sports Category and for Judo was as follows:- “d. Judo A Candidate Should Have Participated in senior/Junior National Championship/Games of should be gold medalist in State School Games or Bronze medalist in inter University Games. Xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx Other Eligibility Conditions: i The standard of the candidates in the respective sports will be ascertained on the basis of merit drawn after taking into consideration of their last 03 years achievements. ii Preference will be given to those candidates who have won medal for the country in the recognized current international sports competitions or have won gold/silver medals in senior National games during 2006, 2007 and 2008. iii Final selection of sportsmen will be done on the basis of their sports achievements, educational qualification and qualitative requirement prescribed for C.W.P.No.10701 of 2010 -3- recruitment of sports men. The decision of the recruitment Board will be final in all respects and no further correspondence will be made with the rejected applicants for the recruitment. iv to v xx xx xx xx xx” A perusal of the above would show that apart from the requirement of participation in Sr./Jr. National Championships/Games, sportsman should be a Gold medalist in the State School Games or a Bronze medalist in the Inter-University Games. Apart from this, the other eligibility conditions were that the achievement for the last three years i.e. 2006, 2007 and 2008 were to be taken into consideration for assessing the eligibility and the respective merits of the candidates. It is an admitted position that the petitioner did not participate in any games during the years 2006, 2007 and 2008. Even the participation in the XXIII Haryana State Games organized by the Haryana Olympic Association, which was held at Rohtak on 21-24-11-2009, is after the date of interview, which according to the petitioner was held in June, 2009 and, therefore, cannot be taken into consideration. The candidature of the petitioner has rightly been rejected by the respondents. The order dated 6.3.2010 (Annexure P-5) is in accordance with law and, therefore, does not call for any interference by this Court. The writ petition stand dismissed. May 28, 2010 ( AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH ) poonam JUDGE