C.W.P. No. 8366 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C.W.P. No. 8366 of 2011 Date of Decision : May 11, 2011 Harbandan Kaur d/o Sh. Pritam Singh .... PETITIONER Vs. State of Punjab and another ..... RESPONDENTS CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH * * * Present : Ms. Hema Kakkar, Advocate, for the petitioner. * * * AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH, J. (ORAL) The prayer in the present petition is for issuance of a writ of mandamus directing the respondents to issue the appointment letter to the petitioner as Trained Graduate Teacher (T.G.T.) on the ground that the petitioner has been selected at merit No. 1 amongst the backward class category. The petitioner has stated that an advertisement was issued on 07.01.2010 for filling up the posts of the Trained Graduate Teachers, in response to which, the petitioner had applied and was selected but despite the selection of the petitioner at merit No. 1 in the backward class category, C.W.P. No. 8366 of 2011 2 she has not been issued the appointment letter despite the fact that on 27.12.2010, the petitioner was called upon to choose the station for appointment and the petitioner was given Govt. School Budal Vindi, Block Mamdot, District Ferozepur as her station for appointment. She was also informed that the appointment letter would be received by her through post. As the petitioner did not receive any appointment letter, she submitted a representation to the Director, Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan Authority, Chandigarh-respondent No. 2 on 14.02.2011 which was diarised in his office vide No. 15185. After the submission of the representation, no action has been taken by the respondents. It is further the contention of the petitioner that persons lower in merit to the petitioner have already been issued the appointment letters and they have joined. Counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner being the most eligible candidate to be appointed on the basis of her merit in the backward class category, has not been issued the appointment letter despite the representation submitted by her. At this stage, the present writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the Director, Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan Authority, Chandigarh-respondent No. 2 to consider the claim of the petitioner as has been culled out above and also in the light of the representation dated 14.02.2011 (Annexure P-10) within a period of two weeks from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order. The order, so passed on the representation, be conveyed to the petitioner forthwith and in case, there is no impediment, the letter of appointment be issued to the petitioner forthwith. (AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH ) May 11, 2011 JUDGE pj