IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Civil Writ Petition No.18167 of 2006 DATE OF DECISION : SEPTEMBER 29, 2010 SUKHDEV SINGH & ORS. ....... PETITIONER(S) VERSUS THE STATE OF PUNJAB & ORS. .... RESPONDENT(S) CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA PRESENT: Mr. Vikas Singh, Advocate, for the petitioner(s). Ms. Charu Tuli, Sr.DAG, Punjab. Mr. Kapil Kakkar, Advocate, for respondents 3 & 4. AJAI LAMBA, J. (Oral) 1. This petition under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India has been filed praying for issuance of a writ in the nature of certiorari quashing selection process and appointment letters issued consequently to persons who were ineligible for appointment as Physical Training Instructors (for short 'PTI'). 2. It has been pleaded in the petition that vide advertisement No.1 of October, 2006, applications were invited for certain posts, including PTI. The petitioners claim to be eligible to compete for the said posts, having qualified C.P.Ed. qualification prior to 1997. 3. It is the admitted case of the petitioners that they are only Civil Writ Petition No.18167 of 2006 2 matriculates and are neither intermediate nor hold Senior Secondary School Certificate or equivalent certificate. The eligibility criteria provided is two fold viz.:- “(1) Senior Secondary School Certificate or Intermediate or its equivalent, and (2) Certificate in Physical Education (C.P.Ed.) of a duration of not less than 2 years or its equivalent.” 4. Since the petitioners are only matriculates, learned counsel for the petitioners has not been able to give any satisfactory response to the court as to how the petitioners were eligible to even compete for the post of PTI. 5. No ground for interference in extra ordinary writ jurisdiction is made out. 6. The petition is, accordingly, dismissed. September 29, 2010 ( AJAI LAMBA ) Kang JUDGE 1. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 2. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest?