Civil Writ Petition No.15632 of 2008 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.15632 of 2008 Date of decision:-06.7.2011 Paramjeet Kaur ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE RITU BAHRI Present:- Mr. Sunny Singla, Advocate for Mr. M.L. Sachdeva, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Puneet Gupta, Addl.A.G. Punjab. RITU BAHRI J.(Oral) The petitioner has filed this writ petition under Article 226 of Constitution of India for issuance of an appropriate writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus directing the respondent-Department to consider the candidature of the petitioner who is M.A., B.Ed. for the post of Headmistress. The petitioner was a candidate for the post of Headmistress in pursuance to the advertisement dated 21.10.2006. The petitioner was not considered eligible for the benefit of reservation made for backward class candidates on the ground that she did not produce the valid backward class certificate. Vide judgment dated 30.09.2008 in CWP No.4242 of 2007 this Court has directed that all the candidates should be called again for counseling on the ground that petitioner did not have backward class certificate, which was one year old has been rejected. In compliance of the orders passed by this Civil Writ Petition No.15632 of 2008 -2- Court public notice dated 15.10.2009 (Annexure R-1) was issued. As per this notice all the candidates were directed to appear alongwith proof of attendance of various scrutinies conducted by the Department from time to time, educational certificates and other documents. As per report of the Chairman, the petitioner did not appear before the High Level Committee during the year 2006. The claim of the petitioner was not considered for the post of Headmistress in backward female category by the Chairman in pursuance to the public notice dated 15.10.2009. No illegality has been committed by the respondents in rejecting the claim of the petitioner. The writ petition is dismissed. July 06, 2011 ( RITU BAHRI ) Vijay Asija JUDGE