C.W.P. No.21389 of 2008 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH C.W.P. No.21389 of 2008 Date of Decision:22.12.2008 Vinod Lamba and Ors. ............... Petitioner Versus State of Haryana ............Respondent CORAM:HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.M. KUMAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K. KANNAN Present: Mr.P.K. Ganga, Advocate for the petitioners. 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? M.M. KUMAR J. **** This petition has been filed under Article 226/227 of the Constitution of India praying for issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus directing to respondent to consider the candidature of the petitioners for the posts of Drawing Teachers against their interview letter issued by the respondent (Annexure P-2). It is admitted position that last date for submission of applications for the post in question was 21.08.2006. The petitioner has become eligible for consideration on obtaining the diploma in Arts and Crafts in September, 2006. It is obvious that on the cut-off date, the petitioner was not eligible for consideration for the post of Drawing Teacher. Accordingly, he has C.W.P. No.21389 of 2008 -2- been rightly denied the right of eligibility, although letter of interview was issued mistakenly. There is no merit in this petition. Dismissed. (M.M. KUMAR) JUDGE (K. KANNAN) JUDGE December 22, 2008 Pankaj*