CWP No. 3801 of 2011 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No. 3801 of 2011 Date of decision: 10.08.2011 Amrik Singh and another ...Petitioners versus State of Punjab and another ....Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE RITU BAHRI Present:- Mr. KPS Sandhu, Advocate for the petitioners Mr. Praveen Chander Goyal, Addl.A.G, Punjab *** RITU BAHRI, J. (Oral) The petitioners are seeking writ in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents to issue appointment letters to the petitioners as had been duly selected by selection committee and were placed at Sr. No. 4 and 5 in the merit waiting list respectively and 5 selected candidates did not join (i.e 3 posts are vacant) as 3 posts are lying vacant on the basis of merit list and further to grant all consequential benefits for the petitioners. Respondent No. 2 invited applications for appointment of Education Service Providers (P.T.I) vide advertisement (Annexure P-1) The petitioners applied for the said post and counseling was held on 14.01.2009. As per merit list dated 29.06.2009, which was released on internet, petitioner No. 1 was shown in waiting list at Sr. No. 4 witih merit 54.12 while petitioner No. 2 was shown in waiting list at Sr. No. 2 witih merit 53.98. Thereafter, 58 CWP No. 3801 of 2011 -2- appointment letters were issued to the candidates in General Male Category on 03.07.2009 and candidates left were given appointment letter on 07.08.2009 while the appointment letters of 3 candidates were held for verification of B.A. Degree. Learned counsel for the petitioners has referred to Annexure P-5 whereby the two waiting list candidates who were shown at Sr. No. 2 and 3 have approached this Court and sought their appointments to the above said posts by filing CWP No. 9232 of 2010. This Court had disposed of the writ petition by asking the respondents to dipose of their claim within two months (Annexure P-5). Thereafter, the respondents did not comply with the order of this Court passed in CWP No. 9232 of 2010 dated 19.05.2010. The petitioner of that petition i.e CWP No. 9232 of 2010 filed COCP Nno. 31 of 2011.But during the pendency of that contempt petition, they were given appointment letters on 19.01.2011. Learned counsel for the petitioners has vehemently argued that the petitioners are also entitled to the appointement as two candidates did not join and total five posts are lying vacant and further candidates who were at Sr. No. 2 of the waiting list were also given appointment letters. Learned counsel for the petitioner has further submitted tha the petitioners represented and personally met the respondents but no action has been taken by the department. In view of the above factual position, this writ petition is disposed of by giving a direction to the respondents to verify the factual position and CWP No. 3801 of 2011 -3- decide the claim of the petitioners within a period of two months from the date of receipt of certified copy of this order August 10, 2011 ( RITU BAHRI ) G.Arora JUDGE