IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.22173 of 2010 Date of Decision: December 13, 2010 Anju Rani .....PETITIONER(S) VERSUS State of Punjab & another .....RESPONDENT(S) . . . CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA PRESENT: - Mr. N.S. Dandiwal, Advocate, for the petitioner(s). . . . AJAI LAMBA, J (Oral) 1. The petitioner being desirous of joining Punjab Civil Services (Executive Branch) applied to Punjab Public Service Commission. The respondents, however, have included the petitioner in the list of candidates who are ineligible to take the examination on account of some infirmity in the Application Form(s). 2. Learned counsel admits that the petitioner did not file objections in response to public notice issued by the respondents inviting CWP No.22173 of 2010 [2] objections/ representations. The representations, rather were filed on 4.10.2010, 3.11.2010 and 23.11.2010 vide Annexure P-4, P-5 and P-6, respectively. 3. In view of the above, I do not find any ground to issue mandamus directing the respondents to consider the representation and take a decision on the representation. The petitioner was required to be active in filing representation within the specified period as given in the public notice. The petitioner, however, remained dormant. 4. No ground for interference in extraordinary writ jurisdiction is made out. 5. The petition is dismissed. (AJAI LAMBA) December 13, 2010 JUDGE avin 1. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 2. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest?