1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA. CWP No. 6899 of 2011 Decided on: 23.8.2011 Court on its own motion ....Petitioner. Versus Principal Secretary (Personnel) to the Govt. of H.P. & another ....Respondents. Coram: The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Kurian Joseph, Chief Justice. The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Surinder Singh, Judge. For the petitioner : Court on its own motion. For the respondents : Mr. R.K. Bawa, Advocate General with Mr. Ankush Dass Sood, Additional Advocate General and Mr. J.K. Verma, Deputy Advocate General for respondent No. 1. Mr. D.K. Khanna, Advocate, for respondent No. 2. Justice Kurian Joseph, C.J. (Oral) This writ petition has been registered as Public Interest Litigation. The issue pertains to the conduct of H.A.S. Preliminary Examination on 4th September, 2011. Some candidates pointed out that on that date, the Staff Selection Commission, Delhi is conducting Combined Graduate Level Examination and hence, it is prayed that the examination scheduled by the H.P. Public Service Commission may be re- 2 scheduled, avoiding 4th September, 2011. The learned Standing Counsel for the Public Service Commission points out that total 22,815 candidates are appearing in the H.A.S. Preliminary examination and 81 centres have been booked and the expenditure in that regard is around ` 18.00 lacs. 2. At this stage and as on this date, it will be difficult, if not impossible for the Commission to re-schedule the examination since the date had been notified to more than 22,000/- candidates within the State and many candidates outside the Himachal Pradesh. In that view of the matter, no interference is called for. 3. The petition is closed, so also the pending application(s), if any. (Justice Kurian Joseph), Chief Justice. August 23, 2011 (Justice Surinder Singh), (cm/hl) Judge.