IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.20401 of 2009 Date of Decision : March 04, 2010. Renu .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.K.K.Goel, Advocate, for the petitioner. -.- 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? --- ORDER Surya Kant, J. (Oral) The petitioner was a candidate for selection to the post of Science Mistress (Female Category) in response to the advertisement No.1 of 2006 (Annexure P-1) issued by the Subordinate Service Selection Board, Punjab. She asserts that as per the selection criteria duly notified, her aggregate merit comes to 78.10 + 70.16 = 148.26 marks, as compared to the overall aggregate merit of respondent No.4 which comes to 148.17 marks and despite that, respondent No.4 has been placed in the waiting list and given appointment, over-looking the preferential claim of the petitioner. C.W.P.No .20401 of 2009 2 The petitioner made a representation dated 24.9.2009 (Annexsure P-9) to the Authorities to which an evasive reply dated 20.10.2009 (Annexure P-10) has been sent. Suffice it to observe that none of the communications received from the Subordinate Services Selection Board or the Department clarifies as to:- (i) whether the aggregate merit of the petitioner on the basis of her academic qualification comes to 148.26 marks?; (ii) whether respondent No.4's aggregate merit is 148.17 marks?; (iii) whether respondent No.4 has been appointed and if so, on what basis?; (iv) If the petitioner is higher in merit, how her claim for selection and/or appointment has been over-looked? The writ petition is accordingly disposed of with a direction to respondent No.3 to call for the records from respondent No.2, if so required, and thereafter determine the claim of the petitioner by passing a speaking order as early as possible, preferably within a period of three months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Dasti. March 04, 2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE