IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.17878 of 2009 Date of decision: 23rd November, 2009 Vanita Singla … Petitioner Versus Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. and others … Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA Present: Mr. Parveen K. Kataria, Advocate for the petitioner. KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA, J. (ORAL) Present petition has been filed with a prayer that this Court should quash the selection of respondent No.3, to whom LPG dealership for Ludhiana has been allotted by the respondents No.1 and 2. As per the averments made in the present petition, the successful candidate, respondent No.3 was awarded 99 marks and petitioner was awarded 98 marks. Petitioner had approached the respondent by filing a representation (Annexure P-5). The representation has been replied vide Annexure P-6. They have stated that the Interview Panel had done the objective assessment in the interview by asking the questions. The quality of experience was also determined by Interview Panel and on the basis of experience, petitioner was awarded 2 marks out of 4 marks, whereas the successful candidate performed better in the interview. Hence the allotment has been made to respondent No.3. This Court cannot substitute its opinion regarding the objective assessment of the Interview Panel. Performance of the Civil Writ Petition No. 17878 of 2009 interviewee during the selection process cannot be assailed in writ jurisdiction, especially when no malafide have been alleged. Hence, there is no merit in the present writ petition and the same is dismissed. [KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA] JUDGE November 23, 2009 rps 2