CIVIL WRIT PETITION NO.16866 OF 2010 :{ 1 }: IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH DATE OF DECISION: AUGUST 17, 2011 Jai Dev .....Petitioner VERSUS State of Haryana and others ....Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RANJIT SINGH 1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgement? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? PRESENT: Mr. Rajinder Goyal, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Harish Rathee, Sr.DAG, Haryana, for the State. **** RANJIT SINGH, J. The petitioner has now been offered an appointment on the basis of merit on the post of Lab. Attendant. Copies of the appointment letter and the joining report submitted by the petitioner have been placed before this Court, which are taken on record. The writ petition is, therefore, rendered infructuous and is disposed of as such. This case reflects a bit sorry state of affairs. The merit of the petitioner was ignored and appointment was made. The CIVIL WRIT PETITION NO.16866 OF 2010 :{ 2 }: respondents still made attempts to justify this unfair and illegal action. This does not reflect well on the part of respondent- concerned. The respondents are, therefore, directed to be careful in future while making appointments. Surely merit can not be and should not be ignored in this manner. August 17, 2011 (RANJIT SINGH ) khurmi JUDGE