IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH C.W.P.No.10829 of 2011 Date of decision : 3.6.2011 Vikram Verma and others ....Petitioners Versus Haryana Staff Selection Commission ...Respondent CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE MAHESH GROVER .... Present : Mr.Kulwant Singh Dhanora, Advocate for the petitioners. ..... MAHESH GROVER, J. The petitioners have questioned the criteria adopted by the respondent for shortlisting the candidates. In view of the number of candidates being more the respondent has adopted a criteria to say that academic marks and viva-voce would be the two guiding factors to determine the merits of the candidates. Learned counsel for the petitioners states that they have been put to a disadvantage in view of the fact that earlier the educational system being followed was at disadvantageous position to the one which is being followed now and consequently the students who have qualified subsequently would be having more marks than the petitioners. On due consideration of the matter, I am of the opinion that the grievance raised in the petition is totally misconceived. The C.W.P.No.10829 of 2011 -2- respondent has applied a uniform criteria to ascertain the merit of the aspiring candidates. There has been no reflection of any arbitrariness or mala fides in the said criteria. It is always open to a selecting agency to adopt a reasonable criteria and merely because it does not conform to the perception of an individual or a set of individuals, cannot negate such a criteria. No ground to interfere. Dismissed. 3.6.2011 (MAHESH GROVER) JUDGE dss