IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.316 of 2011 Date of Decision : January 07, 2011. Ritu Mehmi .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Ritesh Pandey, 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? --- Surya Kant, J. (Oral) The petitioner was a candidate who applied and appeared in the P.C.S. (Judicial Branch) Examination, 2010. As the petitioner could not qualify the written test and was not called for the viva-voce, she has approached this Court seeking a mandamus for re-checking/re-totaling of her marks in the Civil Law-I paper, as the petitioner appears to be under an impression that there might be some mistake in calculations/totaling of her marks in the said paper. It is the conceded position that there is no Rules and/or Executive Instructions enabling a candidate to seek re-checking of the answering sheets. The reliance placed by the petitioner on an order passed by a Co-ordinate Bench in Civil Writ Petition No.2902 of 2009 (Nachhatar Singh versus Registrar, Punjab and Haryana High Court, Chandigarh and another, dated 29.4.2009 (Annexure P-5), also does not help her as it was C.W.P.No .316 of 2011 2 expressly observed therein that “it is settled law that the Courts cannot issue any Mandamus to the examining authority for re-evaluation or re- checking of the answer sheets in absence of any provision for the same. In this regard, reference can be made to the judgment of Hon'ble Apex Court reported as 2004 (3) SCC 714.” That being so, the desired direction cannot be issued in favour of the petitioner. Dismissed. January 07, 2011 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE