CIVIL WRIT PETITION NO.9673 OF 2011 (O&M) :{ 1 }: IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH DATE OF DECISION: AUGUST 16, 2011 Pardeep Singh and others .....Petitioners VERSUS State of Haryana ....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. Rajat Panjeta, Advocate, for the petitioners. **** RANJIT SINGH, J. The challenge in this writ petition is to the fixing of criteria by Staff Selection Board while making appointment to the post of Gram Sachiv. The advertisement for appointment to 400 posts of Gram Sachiv was issued on 27.7.2008. The respondent-Commission has formulated a criteria to shortlist the applicants, which is being termed as arbitrary and discriminatory. The said criteria in the same selection was challenged in Narender and others Vs. Haryana Staff Selection Commission, Panchkula (CWP No.8721 of 2011), decided on 14.7.2011. The said writ petition has been dismissed by CIVIL WRIT PETITION NO.9673 OF 2011 (O&M) :{ 2 }: giving detailed reasons. Similar issue was also dealt with by this Court in Civil Writ Petition No.7675 of 2010 (Ajay and others Vs. State of Haryana and another) decided on 22.3.2011 and it is held that the Commission can formulate a criteria while resorting to selection process. In view of the order passed in the cases of Narender and Ajay (supra) no case for interference is made out in the present writ petition and the same is accordingly dismissed. August 16, 2011 ( RANJIT SINGH ) khurmi JUDGE