IN THE PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT AT CHANDIGARH CWP No.1709 of 2009 Date of decision: February 3, 2009 Dr. Rishi Pal Mandhan ... Petitioner Versus Registrar, Kurukshetra University & others ... Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY TEWARI Present : Mr. R.K. Arora, Advocate for the petitioner. *** 1. Whether Reporters of Local Newspapers 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? AJAY TEWARI, J.(Oral) This writ petition has been filed challenging the advertisement Annexure P-3. The case of the petitioner is that on two earlier occasions the same post was advertised with requirement of specialization in Recombinant DNA Technology. It is not disputed that on both these occasions, the post could not be filled up because adequate number of qualified persons with the above said specialization were not available. Learned counsel for the petitioner has argued that as per Ordinance VI the Vice Chancellor does have a right to change the specialization but that has to be done only with the consultation of Chairperson/Senior Expert. However, in my opinion, in a situation like this when the persons with the said qualification are not available in the job market the Vice Chancellor has decided to change the field of specialization even if the same is done unilaterally (as alleged by CWP No.1709 of 2009 -2- the petitioner) the same cannot be faulted. There is no requirement that the University has to retain a particular qualification ad infinitum. In view of the fact that earlier advertisements could not attract the qualified candidates, there was no option with the University but to change the qualifications so as to able to attract more talent. Consequently, the writ petition is dismissed. No costs. February 03, 2009 (AJAY TEWARI) sonia JUDGE