IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.13180 of 2010 Date of Decision: July 28, 2010 Kanwaljit Jyoti .....PETITIONER(S) VERSUS State of Punjab & Others .....RESPONDENT(S) . . . CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA PRESENT: - Mr. Sukhdev Kamboj, Advocate, for the petitioner(s). . . . AJAI LAMBA, J (Oral) 1. This civil writ petition has been filed under Article 226/227 of the Constitution of India, praying for issuance of a writ in the nature of certiorari, quashing show cause notice dated 26.5.2010 (Annexure P-2). 2. It transpires that the petitioner, belonging to ex-servicemen (dependent) category, applied for the post of Education Service Provider in response to advertisement dated 29.8.2007. 16 posts were reserved for ex-servicemen General (Female) dependent category. The merit of the petitioner, CWP No.13180 of 2010 [2] admittedly, came as 56.577%. 3. It is the case of the petitioner that she was appointed vide letter of appointment dated 27.8.2009. The petitioner has been serving since then. 4. Impugned notice (Annexure P-2) has been received by the petitioner on the ground that one Kanwaljit Kaur had merit of 61.534%, however, the claim of said Kanwaljit Kaur had been ignored, and therefore, there is a proposal to terminate the services of the petitioner. 5. Since the higher merit of Kanwaljit Kaur is admitted by the petitioner, I find no ground for interference in writ jurisdiction. 6. The respondents, before taking any punitive action, have issued show cause notice to which the petitioner would be at liberty to respond and present her claim to continue in service. 7. The petition is accordingly dismissed. (AJAI LAMBA) July 28, 2010 JUDGE avin 1. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 2. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest?