IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civl Writ Petition No.8828 of 2009 Date of Decision : August 08, 2011. Kulwinder Pal .....Petitioner versus Secretary to Govt.of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Ms.Jagdeep Bains, Advocate, for the petitioner. Ms.Sudeepti Sharma, DAG, Punjab. -.- 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 selected for appointment to the post of E.T.T. Teacher and an appointment letter dated 27.9.2008 (Annexure P-8) was issued to him but he was not permitted to join the duties on the plea that the B.Ed. qualification possessed by him was in the subject of Yoga which, according to the respondents, was an irrelevant qualification. This Court vide order dated 18.5.2010 directed the Principal Secretary, Government of Punjab, Department of Education to constitute an Expert Committee to consider as to how the Yoga could be said to be irrelevant qualification especially for appointment to the post of ETT Teacher. The Expert Committee gave its report dated 4.1.2011 (Annexure CWP No.8828 of 2009 [2] R-1) which has been placed on record by the respondents and arrived at the following conclusion, which was duly supported by nine reasons mentioned in the report:- “....The foregoing discussion have concluded that with the pace of time, 'Yoga' will pay an important and decisive role in comprehending, understanding and practically implementing the techniques of Self Management, Mind Management, Time Management and Self Realization by the student in future. For the overall development of children as per need of the hour, the Yoga and Yog should be implemented at the level of Primary Classes.....” The Expert Committee, which included the Special Secretary, School Education-cum-Director General, School Education, Punjab, further recommended as follows:- “.....That the B.Ed. pass candidates are eligible for the posts of teaching fellows for filling up 9998 vacant posts of ETT Teachers on contract basis in the advertisement dated 5.9.2007 by the Education Department of State of Punjab. Herein, it has not been made ample clear that in which subject the candidate must have obtained his or her B.Ed. degree. Therefore, the petitioner Kulwinder Pal in CWP No.8828 of 2009 may be considered for the post of teaching fellow on the basis of his merit, if he represent afresh......” The State Government has agreed to the above-stated recommendations in principle. That being so, the writ petition is allowed and the respondents are directed to permit the petitioner to join his duties as ETT Teacher from CWP No.8828 of 2009 [3] the due date. However, no arrears of pay shall be paid to the petitioner, though for other service benefits, he shall be considered to be appointed on the due date. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. August 08, 2011 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE