CWP No.10791 of 2007 1 IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. CWP No.10791 of 2007 Date of decision: 27.8.2008. Sukhwinder Kaur ..Petitioner Versus State of Punjab & others ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. Parminder Singh, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. B.S. Chahal, DAG Punjab with Ms. Charu Tulli, Sr. DAG, Punjab for respondents No.1 to 3. Ashutosh Mohunta, J. (oral) In pursuance to the advertisement dated 17th July, 2006 (Annexure P-1), the petitioner applied for the post of Punjabi Teacher/ Education Volunteer. She was selected on 25th August, 2006 and was appointed to the post of Punjabi Teacher/Education Volunteer. The petitioner was issued appointment letter vide Annexure P-4 and she joined on the same day i.e. on 25th August, 2006. The case of the petitioner was sent to respondent No.3 for approval. However, the same was rejected vide order Annexure R-5 on the ground that petitioner was overage on the date when she was selected. The petitioner has prayed that direction be issued to the respondents to allow her to continue on the post of Punjabi Teacher/ CWP No.10791 of 2007 2 Education Volunteer. Reply has been filed on behalf of the respondents No.1 to 3 wherein it has been averred that the Chairman of Selection Committee was the mother-in-law of the petitioner. She had illegally selected the petitioner despite being aware of the fact that the petitioner is more than 35 years of age. It has been averred that the case of the petitioner has rightly been rejected by the competent authority. A perusal of the aforementioned facts shows that the petitioner was not eligible to be appointed as a Punjabi Teacher/ Education volunteer as she was overage. Moreover, the Chairman of the Selection Committee being mother-in-law of the petitioner could not have participated in the selection of the petitioner. Resultantly, we find no merit in the present writ petition and the same is dismissed. (ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA) JUDGE (RAJAN GUPTA) JUDGE August 27, 2008 'rajpal'