IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH C.W.P.No.20975 of 2011 Date of decision : 14.11.2011 Sandeep ....Petitioner Versus The State of Haryana and others ...Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE MAHESH GROVER .... Present : Mr.Jagbir Malik, Advocate for the petitioner. ..... MAHESH GROVER, J. The case of the petitioner, who is seeking appointment to the post of JBT Teacher, is that he had applied under the category of Ex-Serviceman General being a dependent of an Ex-serviceman. His contention is that the last person admitted to the employment under Ex-Serviceman General Category had obtained only 33.99 marks which are much lower to the marks obtained by him i.e. 43.63. He thus contends that he being higher in merit than the last person admitted to employment under this category has been unfairly denied the employment On due consideration of the matter, I am of the opinion that the petitioner is confronted with two serious impediments – one, that it is not visible from the material on record as to whether the last person referred to by the petitioner having obtained 33.99 marks and admitted to employment was an Ex-Serviceman or dependent of Ex- C.W.P.No.20975 of 2011 -2- Serviceman. This is glaring because the petitioner being dependent of Ex-Serviceman would have been entitled to consideration under this category in the eventuality of no Ex-Serviceman available. Besides, the result of selection was declared in October 2010 whereas the petitioner has approached this Court now when even the life of the waiting list has expired. The reference to the life of waiting list to discard the claim of the petitioner is essential as on the principle of analogy if a person on the waiting list does not have a chance to seek employment, then a person who has been discarded altogether cannot have a better claim than those on the waiting list. Consequently, there is no merit in the instant writ petition which is hereby dismissed. 14.11.2011 (MAHESH GROVER) JUDGE dss