CIVIL WRIT PETITION NO. 10753 OF 2007 -1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. DATE OF DECISION: February 15, 2008 Parties Name Dr. Manju Jain ..PETITIONER VERSUS State of Haryana and others ...RESPONDENTS CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASBIR SINGH HON'BLE MR JUSTICE JASWANT SINGH PRESENT: Mr. N.K.Malhotra, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Harish Rathee, Sr. D.A.G., Haryana, for respondents No. 1 to 3. Mr. Navdeep Monga, Advocate, for respondent No. 4. JASBIR SINGH, J. (oral) Order. This writ petition has been filed to lay challenge to advertisement Annexure P-1 dated March 2, 2007, vide which applications were invited to fill up the post of Director, Department of Social Justice and Empowerment in the State of Haryana. Further challenge is to the issuance of interview letter dated May 28, 2007 (Annexure P-11) to respondent No. 4. When notice of motion was issued, following contention of counsel for the petitioner was noticed by this Court on July 20, 2007: “The petitioner has prayed for quashing the interview letter issued to respondent No. 4 for the post of Director in the Social CIVIL WRIT PETITION NO. 10753 OF 2007 -2 Justice and Empowerment Department on the ground that respondent No. 4 is more than 40 years of age as is clear from Annexure P-8, wherein his date of birth has been shown as 5.6.1958. Learned counsel submits that respondent No. 4 has crossed the maximum age limit. In advertisement, age for the post of Director has been given as 40 years, whereas respondent No. 4 is more than 49 years of age. Learned counsel further contends that if in case persons beyond the prescribed age limit are also being considered, then the petitioner would also be entitled for the said post.” In response to notice issued, reply has been filed, wherein it has been stated that respondent No. 4 was not even considered, being ineligible for the post in question. So far as challenge to the advertisement is concerned, petitioner has failed to indicate any violation of the service rules on the basis of which it can be said that the advertisement was not proper. Dismissed. ( Jasbir Singh ) Judge ( Jaswant Singh) February 15, 2008. Judge DKC