Civil Writ Petition No.19396 of 2006 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Amar Singh PETITIONER VERSUS State of Punjab and others RESPONDENTS CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE MEHTAB S.GILL HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RAKESH KUMAR JAIN Present:- Shri Ashok Singla, Advocate with Shri Balbir Singh, Advocate for the petitioner. Shri B.S.Chahal, D.A.G. Punjab. MEHTAB S.GILL, J. This is a petition filed under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India to set aside the result of respondents 3 to 12 which was declared on 24.11.2006 (Annexure P-4). Further, to consider the candidature of the petitioner giving him the rank above respondents 3 to 12. Learned counsel for the petitioner has argued that as per Civil Writ Petition No.19396 of 2006 -2- advertisement No.2/October 2006 for the recruitment for regular appointment of 2614 school teachers, the petitioner had applied for the post of Hindi Master in the Backward Class category. As per Annexure P-1, 500 posts were advertised for Hindi Master/Mistress Teachers. Petitioner did not get the benefit of internal assessment marks i.e. 200 marks, as he had passed the B.Ed. Course from Panjab University. On 15.11.2006 another advertisement (Annexure P-3) was given for the scrutiny of original documents for recruitment of Master/Mistresses. Petitioner was not called for the scrutiny of documents and thus, his candidature was wrongly rejected. Learned counsel for the State has argued that petitioner did not come for the verification and scrutiny of his documents on the given date and time, and thus, he could not be considered. We have heard the learned counsel for the parties and perused the record with their assistance. Petitioner in para-9 of the petition has stated that on 15.11.2006 petitioner was at his native place at Abohar and could not appear before respondent No.2 for scrutiny of his documents. The argument put forward by the learned counsel for the petitioner that the internal assessment marks were not to be calculated and thus, the petitioner could not make the grade of the cut of 63.937% and it being the reason that he did not go for the scrutiny of documents, does not cut much ice. No other candidate has come forward before us with the plea that the internal assessment marks were not to be counted. The petitioner on his own came to this conclusion without any notice or being told by the respondents. The candidates who had applied for the post of Hindi Master male Backward Class Civil Writ Petition No.19396 of 2006 -3- category, were called on 15.11.2006, for the verification/scrutiny of documents. As the petitioner did not turn up for that purpose, thus he was not considered for selection for the post of Hindi Master. We do not find any merit in the writ petition. Dismissed. ( MEHTAB S.GILL ) JUDGE (RAKESH KUMAR JAIN) February 14, 2008 JUDGE GD WHETHER TO BE REFERRED TO REPORTER? YES/NO