CWP No.20652 of 2008 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No.20652 of 2008 Date of decision 17.12.2008 Kusum Lata .....Petitioner versus State of Haryana and others .....Respondents Coram:- Hon'ble Mr. Justice Mehtab S. Gill. Hon'ble Mr. Justice K. Kannan. Present: Mr.Parminder Singh, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Harish Rathee, Sr. DAG, Haryana. K. Kannan, J. 1. The petitioner seeks for consideration of candidature for selection to the post of Hindi Teacher, that was advertised on 20.7.2006 on the ground that the petitioner is fully qualified as per the eligibility criteria laid down in the advertisement and the failure to call the petitioner for consideration for interview was actionable, liable for intervention by suitable writs against respondents. 2. The selection to the post of Hindi Teacher is governed by Haryana State Education School Cadre (Group C) Service Rules of 1998 and the requirement is matriculation from Haryana School Education Board or its equivalent Parbhakar/B.A (Hons.) in Hindi with BT/B.Ed. The petitioner admits that he does not have the qualification of BA with Honours in Hindi but claims that the petitioner has got MA with 55.45% marks. The advertisement requires first division at the graduate level. The petitioner has only a second division in BA even the higher qualification of MA does not help the petitioner since even in MA he has only a second CWP No.20652 of 2008 -2- division. It is always open to recruiting body to set its own bench mark for eligibility and if the basic requirement of first class at the graduate level is not available, the petitioner goes out of zone of consideration. There is no basis for an assumption that MA in second class is equivalent to first class in BA. We cannot supplant altered grades at the Post-graduate level as being sufficient, contrary to the rules. We are afraid, we cannot tamper with the eligibility criteria laid down in the advertisement or in the rules. That apart, the petitioner has also not obtained the necessary qualification within the cut off period mentioned in the advertisement. The requirement is pass in any graduate course on or before 24.8.2006 and admittedly the petitioner had neither BA Honours nor his MA before the cut off date. The petitioner is therefore not entitled to any favourable consideration at our hands. The writ petition is therefore dismissed. ( MEHTAB S. GILL ) JUDGE ( K. KANNAN) JUDGE 17.12.2008. A. Kaundal