IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH C.W.P. No. 7450 of 2008 Date of Decision: Sept. 22,2008 Manjit Kaur .................................................... Petitioner Versus The State of Punjab and another .................. Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ashutosh Mohunta Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajan Gupta Present: Mr. Malkiat Singh, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. B.S.Chahal, DAG, Punjab, for the respondents. .... ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA, J. The respondents invited applications through publication in newspaper for recruitment to the post of Teaching Fellow for a period of 3-1/2 years on a consolidated pay of Rs.4550/- against 9998 vacancies of JBT/ETT Teachers in various schools in the State of Punjab. The petitioner submitted her application along with a Postal Order for an amount of Rs.25/- as processing fee. The application of the petitioner was duly considered and she was placed at Sr.No.4 in the merit- list in the Scheduled Caste Mazbi Category for the ETT Teachers post but subsequently her candidature has been rejected on the ground that she has not remitted the amount of Rs.25/- through a Bank Draft but has sent the same through a Postal Order. After hearing the counsel for the parties, we are of the considered opinion that the petitioner had deposited the processing fee of [ 2 ] C.W.P. No. 7450 of 2008 Rs.25/- and the Postal Order could have easily been encashed by the respondents and the case of the petitioner should not have been rejected on such a trivial technicality. In view of the above, we dispose of the writ petition with a direction to the respondents to consider the candidature of the petitioner for the post of Teaching Fellow in accordance with her merits. This direction shall be complied with by the Director, Public Instructions, Elementary Education, Punjab. ( ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA ) JUDGE ( RAJAN GUPTA ) JUDGE 22.9.2008 rupi