IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No. 8891 of 2011 Date of Decision: 08.09.2011 Amarjit Singh ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others ..Respondents. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURYA KANT Present : Mr. Sarju Puri, Advocate, for the petitioner. Ms. Kavita Arora, Assistant Advocate General, Punjab. **** SURYA KANT, J.(Oral) The petitioner seeks a direction for his appointment as a Staff Nurse in view of the fact that he had qualified the written test as well as interview held on 09.01.2011 and 18.03.2011 respectively. His claim is founded on the plea that the candidates lower in merit (female) have been given appointment. It appears that the petitioner was denied appointment only because he is a male candidate. Ms. Kavita Arora, Assistant Advocate General, Punjab states that as per her instructions received from the Civil Surgeon, Nawanshahar, some male candidates have also been appointed as Staff Nurses and if the claim of the petitioner is found to be correct then he shall also be considered for appointment as per merit. CWP No. 8891 of 2011 [2] The writ petition is accordingly disposed of with liberty to the petitioner to address his claim before the competent authority who shall consider the same and pass appropriate order on the same within a period of one month from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order. Dasti. 08.09.2011 (SURYA KANT) 'ravinder' JUDGE