CWP No.1747 of 2009.doc - 1 – HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH **** CWP No.1747 of 2009 (O&M) Date of Decision: 18.01.2010 **** Subeg Singh . . . . Petitioner VS. State of Punjab and others . . . . . Respondent **** CORAM : HON’BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT **** 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? **** Present: Mr. Ranjan Lakhanpal, Advocate for the petitioner Mr. B.S. Chahal, DAG Punjab ***** SURYA KANT J. (ORAL) (1). The petitioner seeks quashing of the order dated 08.05.2001 (Annexure P1), whereby, his services as a Constable in Punjab Police have been terminated and his appeal against the said order has also been turned down by the Appellate Authority vide order dated 22.11.2001 (Annexure P2). (2). The above-stated orders have been passed after holding a regular departmental enquiry against the petitioner in which he has been held guilty of fabricating the certificate of his date of birth as 5th CWP No.1747 of 2009.doc - 2 – December, 1970 as against the actual date of birth being 4th March, 1966, at the time when he was recruited as Constable in the Punjab Police in the year 1992. (3). On a perusal of the impugned orders, it is revealed that in the Matriculation Examination Certificate issued by the Punjab School Education Board, the date of birth of the petitioner is shown as 4th March, 1966. However, he again appeared in the Matriculation Examination conducted by the same Board in the year 1989, declaring his date of birth to be 5th December, 1970. Though the petitioner has also got issued official documents like Voter ID card etc. depicting his date of birth as 5th December, 1970. However, in a regular fact-finding enquiry held by the Department, it has been found that the actual date of birth of the petitioner is 4th March, 1966. It is also not in dispute that as per the correct date of birth, the petitioner had become over-age and could not have been recruited as Constable on 23rd August, 1992. The petitioner, thus, entered the public employment through deceitful means. No ground to interfere CWP No.1747 of 2009.doc - 3 – with the impugned orders by this Court in exercise of its writ jurisdiction, is made out. (4). Dismissed. (SURYA KANT) JUDGE 18.01.2010 vishal shonkar