IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No. 16465 of 2011 Date of Decision: 08.09.2011 Gagandeep Singh ...Petitioner Versus Punjab Public Service Commission, Patiala ..Respondent. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURYA KANT Present : Mr. Naresh Kr.Joshi, Advocate, for the petitioner. Ms. Sudeepti Sharma, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab for the respondent. **** SURYA KANT, J.(Oral) The petitioner seeks a direction to the respondents to allow him to change the combination of optional subjects opted by him while submitting the application form. The respondents were called upon to assist as to whether such a change is permissible under the Rules. Learned Deputy Advocate General, Punjab has pointed out that the Punjab Public Service Commission has issued specific instructions to the candidates who are to appear in PCS (Executive) Combined Competitive Examination, 2009 and those instructions include the followings:- “ 9) No change in the entries made in the original application form will be allowed under any circumstances. 15) Candidates shall specify in their application form the optional subjects they desire to take. No change in the choice of options will be permitted under any circumstances.” CWP No. 16465 of 2011 [2] In view of the above categorical instructions given to the candidates, the relief sought by the petitioner cannot be granted. Dismissed. 08.09.2011 (SURYA KANT) 'ravinder' JUDGE