IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No. 1184 of 2009 Date of decision : 02.08.2010 Bhupender Singh .....Petitioner VERSUS H.S.S.C. and another ....Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RANJIT SINGH 1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgement? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? PRESENT: Mr. Surender Lamba, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Harish Rathee, Sr.DAG, Haryana, for the State. **** RANJIT SINGH, J. The petitioner is dependent of Ex-serviceman. He had competed and had obtained 113 marks. As per his grievance, the person less meritorious stood selected and the claim of the petitioner ignored. In the reply filed, it is conceded that there were 20 posts reserved for Ex-serviceman (General category), 9 eligible Ex- serviceman (General category) candidates were selected and the last selected candidates had 107 marks. Against the remaining 11 posts, dependent of Ex-serviceman were considered as they were eligible to be considered only in the event of non-availability of ESM General category. As per the reply, all 11 posts have been filled as the last selected candidate carries 125 marks. Thus, no person less Civil Writ Petition No. 1184 of 2009 -2- meritorious than the petitioner has been admitted. There is no vacancy also. There is no merit in the petition and the same is accordingly dismissed. August 02, 2010 ( RANJIT SINGH ) rts JUDGE