IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.11884 of 2011 Neelam Sharma ...Petitioner Versus Haryana Public Service Commission, Panchkula ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RANJIT SINGH 1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? Present: Mr.J.P.Sharma, Advocate, for the petitioner. ***** RANJIT SINGH, J. The petitioner is a Graduate and Post Graduate in Economics. She has also done Master of Philosophy in Economics. In the year 2005, the petitioner also qualified in the National Eligibility Test for Lectureship conducted by the University Grants Commission. The post of Lecturer has been advertised, for which the applications were invited by the respondent-Commission. One of the essential eligible condition for a person to apply is passing of STET conducted by the State. The essential qualifications for the post of Lecturer in Economics are as under:- “(i) Post Graduate degree in relevant subject from a recognised University alongwith at least 50% marks. (ii)Certificate of having qualified school's eligibility test (STET). (iii) Matric with Hindi/Sanskrit.” The petitioner concededly has not passed STET examination and accordingly has not been called for interview. She Civil Writ Petition No.11884 of 2011 :2: has filed this writ petition to urge that certificate of National Eligibility Test held by her would be a higher qualification than STET and hence she would be eligible for consideration for the appointment to the post of Lecturer. In support, she has relied upon the instructions issued by the Chief Secretary, where person possessing higher qualification has been considered eligible for appointment to the post. The petitioner has not been able to show in any manner that National Eligibility Test is higher than the STET. Once the essential qualification has been prescribed by the Public Service Commission, this court would not be in any position to substitute any such qualification to hold any person eligible for appointment. No case for interference is made out. Dismissed. July 12, 2011 ( RANJIT SINGH ) ramesh JUDGE