IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. CWP NO. 434 OF 2009 DATE OF DECISION: 13.1.2009 Ranjeet Singh ...Petitioner VERSUS State of Punjab and others ...Respondents CORAM HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE PERMOD KOHLI PRESENT: Mr.Sukhdev Kamboj, Advocate for petitioner Mr.B.S.Chahal, DAG, Punjab Permod Kohli, J. (Oral) Notice of motion. On the asking of this Court, Mr. BS Chahal accepts notice on behalf of the respondents-State. With the consent of the counsel, this petition is disposed of at motion stage. The petitioner belongs to Rai Sikh Caste which has been notified as Backward Class by the Punjab Government. He applied for the post of Lecturer in Punjabi against Backward Class Category (Male). The candidates with 65.562% as cut off marks were called for interview. The petitioner claims that his percentage comes to 66.765, but he was not called for interview. Having been denied the participation in the interview, the petitioner filed CWP No.461 of 2007 which came to be disposed of vide order dated 17.3.2007 with a direction to take into consideration the internal assessment marks earned by the candidate during the course of CWP NO. 434 OF 2009 :2: academic career for determining the merit in the process of selection. Even after the aforesaid judgment, the petitioner was not considered for appointment on the ground that his internal assessment marks are not to be taken into consideration. The petitioner filed COCP No.1526 of 2007 which came to be disposed of on the statement of the respondents that the relief claimed has been granted to the petitioner. The grievance of the petitioner is that despite a direction by Hon'ble Division Bench to take into consideration the internal assessment marks of the petitioner for the purpose of determining his merit in the process of selection and the statement of the respondents in contempt petition, the respondents have not considered the petitioner for appointment, even though his merit was more than the selected candidates in B.C. Category. The petitioner has also made legal notice dated 17.9.2008 (Annexure P-10) but the same has not been decided. In view of the above circumstances, this petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondents to consider the claim of the petitioner for appointment on the basis of his re-determined merit by taking into consideration the marks for internal assessment. Let the decision be taken within a period of one month from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order. (PERMOD KOHLI) JUDGE 13.1.2009 MFK