IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No.168 of 2009 Date of Decision: January 08, 2009 Jasbir Singh and others ...... Petitioners Versus State of Haryana and others ...... Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ajay Tewari Present: Mr.R.S.Longia, Advocate for the petitioners. **** 1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? Ajay Tewari, J. Learned counsel for the petitioners has raised three contentions. The first contention is that 30 persons from Faridabad and Hisar have been appointed from Chandigarh depot. However, he has not been able to show any stipulation either in the rules or in the advertisement comparing such appointment. His second argument is that the forms of respondents No. 7 and 8 had initially been rejected yet these petitioners have now been appointed. It has, however, to be noticed that respondent No.7 is a Scheduled Caste category candidate while the respondent No.8 is a Backward Class category candidate and that the petitioners are of General category. In the circumstances the petitioners would not have the locus standi to challenge the candidature or the selection of the said respondents. CWP No.168 of 2009 -2- The third contention of learned counsel for the petitioners is that he had applied under the RTI to find out the gradation given to the persons who had been selected from Faridabad and Hisar but the same has not been supplied and in case on supply thereof it is found that the gradation of those persons was lower than that of the petitioners, the petitioners shall have a better right of appointment. He further states that despite his best efforts the said information has not yet been supplied to him. In the circumstances this writ petition is dismissed, however, liberty is granted to the petitioners to file a fresh writ petition on the basis of information obtained by them regarding the gradation of the selected candidates at a subsequent stage, if so advised. (AJAY TEWARI) JUDGE January 08, 2009 sunita