Civil Writ Petition No.699 of 2008. -1- In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh. Civil Writ Petition No.699 of 2008. Date of decision:17.1.2008. Bhupinder Singh. ...Petitioner. Versusd Board of School Education, Haryana and others. ...Respondents. ... Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ashutosh Mohunta. Hon'ble Mr. Justice K. C. Puri. ... Present; Mr. Jagbir Malik Advocate for the petitioner. ... K. C. Puri, J. Judgment. Petitioner Bhupinder Singh has made a prayer for quashing the selection of Rekha Chauhan, private respondent No.5 in the D.Ed. Course against village seat with a further direction to allow him to join the said post. The petitioner has pleaded that the Directorate of Education, Haryana invited applications for admission in different institutions in D.Ed Course. As per prospectus, five seats were reserved as village seats which were meant for the candidates who permanently Civil Writ Petition No.699 of 2008. -2- belong to the villages where the Institutions were located and whose Panchayats have donated land/building for the Institutions. The petitioner being eligible applied against the village seat. Respondent No.5 also applied for village seat despite the fact that she was not eligible for village seat as she was permanently resident of Kurukshetra. The Joint Entrance Test for all the categories was conducted by the respondents in which the petitioner participated and secured 102 marks with rank 717. Respondent No.5 also participated against village seat and was selected. There were seven candidates in all for village seats in the counselling and the petitioner was at serial No.6 in merit. Since respondent No.5 was not eligible for village seat as she was not a resident of the village, as such the petitioner prayed that her candidature be cancelled and he be allowed to join the said D.Ed. Course against village seat. It is further pleaded by the petitioner that he filed Civil Writ Petition No.11244 of 2007 in which directions were issued to respondent No.3 to consider and decide the claim of the petitioner. He submitted detailed representations dated 12.9.2007 and 20.9.2007 for cancellation of candidature of respondent No.5 and allowing him to join the D.Ed.course against the village seat. Respondent No.3 has declined the prayer made by the petitioner vide order dated 4.12.2007, Annexure P-10. We have heard the counsel for the petitioner at length and he has argued on the lines of his pleadings. Civil Writ Petition No.699 of 2008. -3- Admission has taken place in the month of May,2007. Private respondent No.5 was admitted in D.Ed. Course against village seat and she is pursuing her studies in the said course. The representations made by the petitioner to respondent No.3 for cancellation of candidature of respondent No.5 did not find favour with respondent No.3 and he found the submissions of the petitioner meritless. The counsel for the petitioner could not convince us that respondent No.5 has obtained admission in D.Ed. Course against village seat by stating wrong facts. Otherwise also, the private respondent has pursued considerable part of her studies in the D.Ed.Course. So, we do not find any ground for interference and consequently this writ petition stands dismissed. ( K. C. Puri ) Judge January 17,2008. ( Ashutosh Mohunta ) Jaggi Judge Civil Writ Petition No.699 of 2008. -4- Civil Writ Petition No.699 of 2008. -5- Civil Writ Petition No.699 of 2008. -6-