IN THE PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT AT CHANDIGARH CM No.1567-68 of 2009 in CWP No.196 of 2009 Date of decision: January 28, 2009 Rajesh Kumar ... Petitioner Versus Pt. B.D. Sharma & others ... Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY TEWARI Present : Mr. Ashwani Talwar, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Sameer Singh, Advocate for respondents No.1 & 2. Mr. Amrit Paul, Advocate for respondent No.3. *** 1. Whether Reporters of Local Newspapers 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? AJAY TEWARI, J.(Oral) CM No.1567 of 2009 For the reasons recorded in the application, the same is allowed. Replication filed by the learned counsel for the petitioner is taken on record. CWP No.196 of 2009 The petitioner was registered with the Rajasthan Nursing Council as Male Nurse. On 18.12.2007, he applied for transfer of his registration to the Haryana Nurses Registration Council. In the meantime, respondents No.1 & 2 advertised some posts of staff nurse for which the last date was 12.08.2008. It is the case of the petitioner that his registration with CWP No.196 of 2009 -2- the Haryana Nurses Registration Council came about on 03.09.2008 and therefore despite being eligible and having applied in time, he was not allowed to take part in the interview and that action of respondent No.3 has led to the filing of the present petition. In reply, learned counsel for the Haryana Nurses Registration Council has pointed out that the application of the petitioner dated 18.12.2007 could not be processed in time because he had not annexed the original Registration Certificate from the Rajasthan Nursing Council along with two photocopies of the same and therefore it is not the fault of respondent No.3 that the registration of the petitioner could not be sent in time to him to attain eligibility. It is also not disputed that the interviews for the post of Staff Nurse have since been held. In my opinion, the petitioner's claim is not tenable. Had it been a case where the petitioner had fulfilled all the requirements on 18.12.2007 and yet his certification was not completed by respondent No.3 it could have been held that the petitioner should be interviewed even though admittedly there was no fault on the part of respondents No.1 & 2. However, the position which has emerged is that for the delay in registering the petitioner with Haryana Nurses Registration Council, the petitioner is partly responsible. In these circumstances, it would not be fair either to respondent No.1 or to the other applicants for the said posts that the petitioner should be considered to be CWP No.196 of 2009 -3- eligible as on the last date viz 12.08.2008 and a direction issued to consider him for the post of Staff Nurse. It is well known in our country that applications for job or even higher studies have to be zero error programmes. With so many applications for each slot only those who are meticulous and methodological can breast the tape. The petitioner having been admittedly negligent in moving his original application dated 18.12.2007 could not now be heard to urge that the delay in registration was not his fault and therefore he can not be penalized for the same. Consequently, the writ petition is dismissed. No costs. January 28, 2009 (AJAY TEWARI) sonia JUDGE