In the Punjab and Haryana High Court, at Chandigarh. C.W.P.No. 5154 of 2008 Decided on May 02,2008. Gurpreet Singh -- Petitioner vs. State of Punjab and Punjab and others -- Respondents Present: Mr.B.S.Jaswal,Advocate, for the petitioner Mr.P.C.Goyal, Sr.DAG, Punjab. Surya Kant,J: In this Civil Writ Petition, the petitioner seeks a direction to include his name in the list of eligible candidates for the post of Lecturer in Computer Engineering. It is not in dispute that last date for submission of application forms complete in all respect was September 20,2007. The petitioner's application has,however, been received by the respondents on March 03,2008, though the petitioner claims to have sent the same on September 15,2007. It is averred that his application was lost by the postal authority or delivered at a wrong address, it could not reach the respondents in time. C.W.P.No. 5154 of 2008 -2- After hearing learned counsel for the parties, we are satisfied that sanctity of 'cut-off date' has to be maintained by the Recruiting Agency. The petitioner whose application form was admittedly received by the respondents much after the 'cut-off date' ,therefore, he cannot claim inclusion of his name amongst the eligible candidates who are required to be considered. Dismissed. ( Surya Kant ) Judge May 02,2008 (Rakesh Kumar Jain) RR Judge