Civil Writ Petition No. 13033 of 2011 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No. 13033 of 2011 Date of decision:-29.7.2011 Dev Inder Singh ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE RITU BAHRI Present:- Mr. Surmukh Singh, Advocate for the petitioner. Ms. Anu Pal, AAG Punjab. RITU BAHRI J.(Oral) Counsel for the petitioner inter alia contends that the petitioner had applied for the post of PTI in pursuance to the advertisement in the year 2006. He was 10+2 with B.P.Ed. In that selection process he was not considered as he was not qualified. Subsequently in view of Full Bench decision of this Court in CWP No.804 of 2009 titled 'Iqbal Singh vs. State of Punjab and others' decided on 05.2.2010 in which it was held that the candidates possessing higher qualification in the same line cannot be excluded from consideration for selection. In compliance of this judgment, vide notice dated 22.6.2011 (Annexure P-5) petitioner had appeared for counseling on 10.7.2011. The Counseling Committee did not accept the application of the petitioner mentioning that he had applied for the post of lecturer. Even though all the original certificates, affidavit and professional qualification certificates were produced, which shows that he had qualified 10+2 with B.P.Ed and he had applied for the post of PTI in response to advertisement dated 22.6.2011. Civil Writ Petition No. 13033 of 2011 -2- Ms. Anu Pal, AAG Punjab on instructions from Mr. Jaspal Singh, Sr. Assistant in the office of D.P.I. Secondary Education has informed the Court that the petitioner's application was not considered as he had applied for the post of lecturer. The application form of the petitioner had been duly accepted with registration No.12566 way-back on 28.10.2006. There is no mis-representation that the petitioner is 10+2 with B.P.Ed qualification as per the certificates attached. He is duly qualified to be appointed as PTI and he was wrongly rejected to be considered in the counseling held on 10.7.2011. This writ petition is allowed and a direction is issued to the respondents to consider the petitioner in pursuance to the advertisement dated 22.6.2011 for the post of PTI. July 29, 2011 ( RITU BAHRI ) Vijay Asija JUDGE